The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 Activity Video Guide Analysis

Students will watch and analyze a 5 and a half minute video about the causes, nature of, and effects of the Chinese Exclusion Act by answering 21 questions and completing an extension task. The answers are included where appropriate. The video is from TedEd.

Sample questions include:
--What specifically is being referenced in the quote? What did it represent at the time?
--How did Ping react to the situation he was in?
--Which 1860s political document had the opposite effect of the Scott Act, and how?
--Describe the turning point in relations between Chinese and American laborers.
--On what grounds did the Supreme Court say they couldn’t pass judgement on the Scott Act?
--When was the Chinese Exclusion Act repealed? Why do you think many immigration restrictions decreased during WW2?

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