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Humans Across Borders: U.S. Exclusion Policy Leads to Smuggling of Chinese Immigrants

Document 7

Image. Map of Buffalo, 1970.
Document 7: Map of Buffalo. U.S. National Atlas, 1970. Perry-Castaņeda Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin. [UT Online]. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/world_cities/buffalo.jpg.

Document 7 Short-Answer Questions

  1. What river, running along the west side of Buffalo, separates Canada and theUnited States?
  2. How would having a waterway along a border make smuggling easier?
  3. Locate Fort Erie in Canada, one of the common points for smuggling of Chinese. What separates Fort Erie from Buffalo?
  4. Using your own thinking, what dangers could be involved in the practice of smuggling humans across a waterway in the dark?

Document 6 | Part B

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