1. By: Andres Del Valle Brian Goncalves

2. Lee Chew 1903 Auto biography Independent magazine Lee Chew

3. Chinese immigrant Born in a village in Canton, China Wanted to come to America Canton,China

4. His dad gave him $100 Hong Kong with 5 other boys Got steerage passage on a steamer San Francisco Steamboat with Immigrants

5. Didn’t know how to speak English Got a job as a house servant But didn’t know anything New York Chinese men learning English

6. Opened his own laundry East to Chicago, Detroit, China America and went to Buffalo Tenement in Buffalo

7. Between 1850 and 1882 About 300,000 Taiping Rebellion Transcontinental railroad 1882 Exclusion Act Chinese coming to America

8. Other nationalities jealous Treatment in U.S is wrong and mean China is a peaceful nation Railroad workers Tough jobs Leave everything behind Laundromat workers

9. San Francisco Half Starved Lonely Chinese being persecuted 1870’s Scared Boat carrying Immigrants

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