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The Motivations of the 19th Century American Anti-chinese Movement
Summary: Examines motivations behind the 19th Century American Anti-Chinese Movement, a national wide anti-Chinese movement took place in the United States of America. Describes how Chinese immigrants were poorly treated and many of them killed.
In the late 19th century, a national wide anti-Chinese movement took place in the United States of America. The Chinese immigrants were excluded by the Native Americans. Their stores were stolen; their houses were burned down and even worse, many of them were killed. However, if we refer back the history of America, we will find that the early Chinese immigrants were accepted by Americans and were not the immediate targets of hostility or violence. In addition, the prosperity of America, especially the southern part of it own a lot to the efforts Chinese men had made. Then why was there so significant a change of the Americans' sentiment towards the Chinese people in the late 19th century? I would like to analyze this issue in the following paper.
A review of the history
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