Name __________________________________________________ Date ______________________________________________ ELA __________________ GRP _____________

DOCUMENT ANALYSIS SHEET

Document number or letter _______A_____

Source (Where did the document come from?)

Title of Document (if present)

Date of Document

Author of Document

Primary Source

Secondary Source

After you analyze the document, fill out the columns below.
What important facts can I learn from this document?
What inferences can I make from this document?
For what purpose was the drama/play written?

Who wrote this drama?

In what manner what the Chinese man speaking?

What are the differences between the white men

and Chinese men as stated in the drama?

What was the writers attitude towards the

Chinese immigrants?

How does this document help answer the question:

Why did Americans pass the Chinese Exclusion
Act?
If this play mirrored (reflected) the feelings of
many Americans, how did they feel about the
Chinese immigrants?

Name __________________________________________________ Date ______________________________________________ ELA __________________ GRP _____________

DOCUMENT ANALYSIS SHEET
Document number or letter ______B______

Source (Where did the document come from?)

Title of Document (if present)

Date of Document

Author of Document

Primary Source

Secondary Source

After you read over the document, fill out the columns below.
What important facts can I learn from this document?
What inferences can I make from this document?
What are some of the words displayed in the
poster on the wall?

Why were the Chinese and Irish immigrants upset

with the Chinese?

What were the specific opinions or words used to

describe the Chinese?

Who wanted to protect the Chinese? Why?

How does this document help answer the question:

Why did Americans pass the Chinese Exclusion
Act?
What was the overall regard (opinion) for Chinese
immigrants as presented in the cartoon?

Name __________________________________________________ Date ______________________________________________ ELA __________________ GRP _____________

DOCUMENT ANALYSIS SHEET
Document number or letter _______C_____

Source (Where did the document come from?)

Title of Document (if present)

Date of Document

Author of Document

Primary Source

Secondary Source

After you analyze the document, fill out the columns below.
What important facts can I learn from this document?
What inferences can I make from this document?
Who is we?

What issue is the speaker using to support the

exclusion of the Chinese?

How does this document help answer the question:

Why did Americans pass the Chinese Exclusion
Act?
Why are the workingmen upset with the Chinese
laborers?

How do we live?

What is the danger that we are facing?

What issue are Chinese laborers causing between

American workingmen?
Is the speaker angry that the Chinese are
participating in slave labor or is the speaker
angry that the Chinese are taking away jobs from
the Americans?

Why dont we want the Chinese in America?

Name __________________________________________________ Date ______________________________________________ ELA __________________ GRP _____________

DOCUMENT ANALYSIS SHEET
Document number or letter ______D______
Title of Document (if present)
Date of Document
Primary Source

Source (Where did the document come from?)

Author of Document
Secondary Source

After you read over the document, fill out the columns below.
What important facts can I learn from this document?
What inferences can I make from this document?
What types of workers are the Chinese?

What type of people were the Chinese?

How were the Chinese workers different from the

other workers?

How does this document help answer the question:

Why did Americans pass the Chinese Exclusion
Act?
Would the Americans be upset if the Chinese took
their American money and moved back to their
villages in China?

Why would some American employers prefer

Chinese workers over American workers?

What do the Americans want the Chinese to

ultimately do?

If the Chinese were persecuted for their virtues,

what does it say about the Americans?

Name __________________________________________________ Date ______________________________________________ ELA __________________ GRP _____________