-What Motivated Whites to Attack and Kill 28 Chinese Miners

question 9

Multiple Choice

-What motivated whites to attack and kill 28 Chinese miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming, as shown in this 1885 drawing from Harper's Weekly?

• A) Whites feared that the Chinese population in the West would be larger than their own.
• B) Whites suspected the Chinese of plotting a violent overthrow of local authorities.
• C) The Chinese had been taking over the claims that white prospectors had on local mines.
• D) The Chinese were perceived as a job threat and responsible for lowering wages.

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