TOPIC: Analyze primary souces about Chinese imigration and the obsicals they faced in California history
For this essay assignment in California history, you will analyze and interpret primary source historical
evidence pre-1900 found through Calisphere.org and/or other instructor approved databases of primary
sources. Primary sources are the raw-stuff historians use to write history. Therefore, you will practice analyzing and interpreting primary source historical evidence. For this assignment, focus on analyzing primary source evidence only.
The topic you are writing about is Chinese imigration and the obsicals they faced in California history.
These are some of the primary scorces you should use to write this essay:
– The evils of Mongolian immigration : The Chinese question
https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/hb200001kx/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
– Chinese Family
https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/kt8489q2wt/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
– Chinese immigration. Speech of Hon. Horace Davis, of California, in the House of Representatives
https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/hb7h4nb21q/ (Links to an external site.)
Use primary sorces from the Calisphere.org database, using ONLY primary source material pre-1900Once you have selected your primary sources, answer the following question(s) in a five-paragraph essay format:
1. What do the primary sources illustrate about the changing nature of California’s social, political, and/or economic history in The Gold Rush at the time each source was produced?
2. What historical themes are significant in your view based on the evidence? In what ways does the primary source evidence illustrate change over time during the Gold Rush California?
