Essay Questions for Section I
1) The key point of the Reconstruction was to reconstruct the South, in order to, bring it back into the United States. However, there were many issues that the federal government had to deal with during this time period. In my opinion, I would say the primary issue that the federal government was faced with, would be figuring out how to bring the South back into the United States. The other main issue that the federal government was faced with, would be to figure out was what to do with the freed slaves. The reason as to why dealing with the southern states while they are rejoining the United States was an issue was because of the disagreement between the political parties. For example, the radical republicans
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At first the Chinese immigrants were accepted, during the early stages of the gold rush. Due to the fact that finding gold was not a competition during that time, however, the animosity towards foreigners’ sky-rocked when gold became harder to find towards the end of the gold rush. Animosity towards the Chinese immigrants grew rapidly as more and more Chinese immigrants poured into the United States for the job opportunities, the American did not like immigrants because the labor union endorsed the idea that the Chinese immigrants were after American jobs. Because the Chinese immigrants did not speak English they were often beaten. The immigrants were often harassed, robbed, and sometimes were killed. The Chinese immigrants were not only harassed by men in their adulthood but also young children. The immigrants could not do anything about it, because because they were not a citizen, therefore they had no rights, in addition, the Supreme Court decided that the Chinese could not give testament against an American. One of the major political results of the anti-Chinese movement was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The act was the first significant law containing immigration into the United States. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 suspended Chinese immigration