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= **__Chinese Exclusion__** =

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

I believe that the people who hire people are most responsible for causing the conflict because they could pay the Chinese less money for more time so they hired them. The white men were more qualified but cost more money. The people who hired the Chinese must have been greedy.


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

The Chinese in Washington working for less money from 1864-1869. They were forced out of their homes and jobs and thrown onto a train heading to Portland or San Francisco. Some of them returned to China. That night two of the victims died. The people were mad at the for stealing their jobs so they created riots. The Judge named Judge Thomas Burke tried to calm them down but he too wanted them out of there.

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

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

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

They could have paid everyone the same amount so that everyone was treated equal.


 * What sources of information have you used? **

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