Week 18 - The Chinese Head Tax PDF

Building the Canadian Pacific Railways History week 18 Lesson Goals Goal: -Understand the historical context of the Chinese Head Tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act. -Analyze the impact of these laws on Chinese immigrants and Canada’s history  What i...

Building the Canadian Pacific Railways History week 18 Lesson Goals Goal: -Understand the historical context of the Chinese Head Tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act. -Analyze the impact of these laws on Chinese immigrants and Canada’s history  What is this railway? It’s a railway that connects Eastern Canada all the way to British Columbia The two major events 1923-194 1885 7 Chinese head tax The Chinese exclusion act 2023 was the 100 year anniversary  Let’s watch this video For every 2 KM of this railway, there is one dead Chinese worker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE3ISzalVuo Did you know? Construction of the railway began in 1881 There was a shortage of workers to build the railways so the government hired as many as 17000 people from China to help.Many people who came,wanted to return to China with the money they earned They constructed the hardest and most dangerous parts of the railway such as the parts going over rivers and the Rocky Mountains Did you know? The Chinese workers lived in boxcars and slept in tents. They were paid $1.00 per day, while white workers were paid close to $2.00. A worker named Cheng Ging Butt who worked on the railway said thecamps were divided by race.The white camps had more food and better conditions compared to the Chinese ones.(primary source)  Ask yourself(5 min) Why do people exclude others? At school, at work,.... Why did the government exclude against a single ethnic group? Anti Chinese policies In 1885, the government implemented the head tax.A $50 tax t o immigrate here.It Increased After immigrating to Canada,many to $500 by 1903 per Chinese immigrants decided to person. This would be settle here, but many Canadians $15K today. were getting angry, they thought However,students,church Chinese people were going to steal staff,and scientists didn’t their jobs, and the racism have the tax. grew.People were scared that the Why did the government Chinese would not be able to adapt all of a sudden implement to Canadian culture. this tax? Did you know? -The Canadian government collected 23 million dollars from the head tax -In 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper officially apologized and offered to repay the people who had paid the head tax.Only 20 Chinese Canadians were alive to collect the money. Satire-using art and humor to troll or mock an idea This is where you section ends. Duplicate this set of slides as many times you need to go over all your sections. In small groups,analyze the political cartoons in th chart attached. Some of them may be triggering so if you feel uncomfortable or upset you can skip it. This is where you section ends. Duplicate this set of slides as many times you need to go over all your sections. THANK YOU! Do you have any questions?  Credits. Presentation Template: SlidesMania Sample Images: Unsplash Fonts used in this presentation: Carme and MACONDO. Free themes and templates for Google Slides or PowerPoint Sharing is caring! NOT to be sold as is or modified! Read FAQ on slidesmania.com Do not remove the slidesmania.com text on the sides.