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Handout
Scholastic

Scholastic: Chinese Exclusion Acts

For Students 9th - 10th
Definition and description of the Chinese Exclusion Acts.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: Chinese Immigrants and Mexican Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the conflict with Mexican American and Chinese groups as white settlers pushed westward in the nineteenth century. Explains what brought so many Chinese immigrants to America and the roadblocks and discrimination that they had...
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Rush of Immigrants

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the new wave of immigrants who came to America in the late 19th century. See differences between these groups of immigrants and those who came earlier. Find out where immigrants settled, and read about those who did not...
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Primary
Other

Cet: Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Center for Educational Telecommunications provides the document of the Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943. The document is not too long in length, but is a little hard to understand, so a background knowledge of the...
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Professional Doc
PBS

The City: Coming to America

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the PBS show "The City" provides a timeline of U.S. immigration. Find out about the many ways immigrants were legally discriminated against by the passage of various immigration laws.