Read the excerpt from Jacob Riis' How the Other Half Lives. Search for three photos taken by Jacob Riis to support his descriptions in the excerpt. Add them to a document for your table group and include a short caption for each photo that answers the What? How? Why? questions in one sentence.
"Interpretation: Immigration and the Melting Pot"
In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act restricted Chinese immigration into the United States. It's important to know the terms of restriction / immigration under the act as well as the attitudes of U.S. citizens over the combined issue of immigration and labor.
Read the following documents, and summarize the differences. Include specific evidence to support each document.
What fostered anti-Chinese sentiment during the period leading up to Chae Chan Ping’s lawsuit?
Why might it matter that the U.S. Supreme Court, and as a corollary the federal appellate and trial courts, defers generally to the policies and laws that emerge from the executive and legislature?