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University of Illinois: The Chinese Experience in 19th Century America: The Rock Springs Massacre

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This lesson plan is from a larger site examining the Chinese Experience in the United States in the 19th century. Discover the role the official support by the labor movement played in the discrimination, and in the case of the Rock Springs massacre, violence against Chinese laborers. Included are extensive lesson resources. [pdf]

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anti-immigrant policies, chinese laborers, chinese railroad laborers, knights of labor, rock springs massacre, anti-chinese sentiment
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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