Unit 6

Question 1

Who was the leader of the Workingmen’s Party? What quote was the party known by?

Answer 1

• George Kearney
• “Chinese Must Go”

Question 2

What did the Workingmen’s Party represent?

Answer 2

• White laboring class
• Attacked corporations and monopolies
• Mainly blamed Chinese laborers as the root

Question 3

Why did most Chinese laborers come to America? What would they become important in?

Answer 3

• California Gold Rush for mining
• Helped with the transcontinental railroad

Question 4

What was the Page Act? How did this help with population control?

Answer 4

• Prohibited the immigration of Asian women in prostitution
• Meant less procreation in America

Question 5

What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?

Answer 5

• First law dealing with a restriction of a specific group of immigrants
• Banned Chinese laborers for 10 years
• Made Chinese ineligible for citizenship

Question 6

What was the Rocks Springs Massacre? What was it caused by? What had happened? What were the consequences?

Answer 6

• White laborers were angry that Chinese would work for less wages
• ~100-150 whites charged in Chinatowns to destroy businesses and property
• Barely faced consequences

Question 7

What was the Geary Act? What was the only exception?

Answer 7

• Chinese immigrants had to carry photo IDs or face deportation
• Without an ID, the only way out were white witnesses

Question 8

How did the Chinese resist the Geary Act?

Answer 8

• Chinese Americans refused to get the certificate
• China boycotts trade with America in 1905 as retaliation
• 100,000 refused to the certified, but lost in court

Question 9

Who was Wong Kim Ark? What did he sue for?

Answer 9

• A Chinese American born in San Francisco, but blocked from America because of the Chinese Exclusion Act
• Sued by using his 14th amendment

Question 10

What is the 14th amendment?

Answer 10

An American citizen cannot have their citizenship taken without due process of law

Question 11

What is Jus Soli?

Answer 11

Granting citizenship based on place of birth

Question 12

What is Jus Sanguinis?

Answer 12

Citizenship is inherited from parents.