Chinese Exclusion Act: Compare and Contrast
Chinese Exclusion Act: Compare and Contrast
Chae Chan Ping v. United States, May 13, 1889
This is better known by its nickname, the Chinese Exclusion Case, which says it all right there. Although the name suggests that it would be challenging the Chinese Exclusion Act itself, this was a...
United States v. Ju Toy, May 8, 1905
As you study the Chinese Exclusion Act, you're probably asking the obvious question: "What about people of Chinese descent who were born in the United States?" Good job, because we're getting there...
The 1879 Bill and Rutherford B. Hayes' Role
We really want to put Hayes in a Superman costume here. (Partly because that beard would look amazing.) We can't, sadly, because his relationship toward the idea of Chinese exclusion isn't as black...
"Our Misery and Despair," Denis Kearney, 1878
Have you ever watched a video on YouTube, where you're like, "Oh, that's cute. That's funny. Okay, I see what they're...by hammer of Thor, what is that person doing?!" Well, that's sort of what it'...