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 * What is your //general// belief about who or what is most responsible for causing the conflict?**

In 1882, for the first time in United States history, Federallaw forbade entry of an ethnic group of laborers on the basis that they endangered public safety and order.This was done through the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

**What is the relevant background information (i.e. who, what, when, where)?**

It all started back in 1882. The people that were involved were Europe,Asia,Italy an Iceland. The conflict was that the chinese imagrants were employled an that made people mad.This all took place in Tacoma.

**What were 3 factors that helped cause the conflict (politics, economics, geography, history)?**

Three factors that help cause the conflict were One accusation was that the Chinese weakened the community by sending money back to their families in China. Another concern was that Euro-American jobs were threatened by immigrant labor because Chinese workers often received wages that were much lower than their Euro-American counterparts. This wasnot done to undercut Euro-American wages but rather because of the lower pay received by all minorities in this period.They killed 28 men an wounded 15 and drove hundreds of chinese in to the desert.

**Explain why one factor is more important than the others.**

One factor is more importent than the other because if the goverment was fair an dident take all the jobs away from the chinese an give them to the americans this would never of happend.

**How could the conflict have been avoided?**

The conflict could have ben avoided if the goverment could of gave out more jobs and gave as many people they could a job. But they put the chinese out of work and gave all the americans the jobs. They drove all the chinese out of town in stead.


 * What sources of information have you used? **

Author:Perkins,Gwen Article or web page title:Exclusion in Washington Web site name:Washington History