In Document 18

question 13

Multiple Choice

In Document 18.2, A Chinese View of the Statue of Liberty, from 1885, Saum Song Bo remarked that he considered it "an insult to us Chinese to call on us to contribute toward building in this land a pedestal for a Statue of Liberty. That statue represents Liberty holding a torch which lights the passage of those of all nations who come into this country. But are the Chinese allowed to come?" What was he referring to?

• A) The Chinese Exclusion Act
• B) New York's ban on Chinese businesses
• C) The Coolie Trade
• D) The discriminatory practices of the Ellis Island immigration station

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