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The Push of Prejudice: Chinese Migration to New York
Document 6
Vocabulary
Boycott: Refusal to do business with or participate in a specific transaction.
Asiatic: Originating from Asia.
Retrogression: A state of having moved backwards.
Document 6: Broadside. "Flyers distributed by Silver Bow Trades and Labor Association and Butte Miners Association in Support of Chinese and Japanese Boycott," circa August 1898. National Archives and Records Administration Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle). www.archives.gov, ARC 298113.
Document 6 Short-Answer Questions
- What action does the flyer call for?
- What impact would such an action have on Chinese and Japanese people living in the area of Silver Bow and Butte, Montana?
- What words in the flyer give evidence that the unions had prejudiced and racist attitudes towards Asians?
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