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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 to endure. Mexican Americans also suffered discriminatory laws and attitudes and some openly rebelled. Includes questions for students at the end.
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transcontinental railroad, white settlers, california gold rush, californios, chinese exclusion act, chinese immigrants, chinese immigrants and mexican americans in the age of westward expansion, greaser laws, khan academy: ap us history: 1865-1898: chinese immigrants and mexican americans, las gorras blancas, sunday laws, treaty of guadalupe hidalgo, white caps, anti-chinese discrimination
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- Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
- The intended use for this resource is Instructional