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When was The Chinese massacre?
The massacre was in October 14, 1871
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How many chinese members were tortured and turned into the mob?
17-20
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What did East Coast newspapers label Los Angeles after the lynching?
“Blood stain Eden”
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What spread quickly over to the caucasians?
That the chinese were killing caucasians
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The Chinese massacre was the _____ in US history
The biggest lynching in US History
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What did the Mob do when they caught some of the Chinese immigrants?
They beat and hanged them
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How many white men entered Chinatown to attack, rob, and murder the chinese residents?
500 white men
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Why were the Chinese not well liked?
People thought they were a threat to the economy and their jobs.
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What caused the chinese massacre?
The massacre started because two chinese men were fighting over a women; as the police came the chinese shot fire
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What was the name of the man that was caught in the crossfire between the chinese and the caucasians?
Robert Thompson
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How many were murdered by the end of the night?
18
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What did City Marshal Francis Baker tell the volunteer guards to do if any Chinese residents tried to leave?
Shoot them
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Where was the Chinese Massacre in the United States?
Los Angeles, California -- Chinatown.
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Who was Yut Ho?
The woman who was abducted by one of the Chinese men before the Lynching.
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What did People vs. Hall (1854) establish?
Chinese people had no rights to testify in court.
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How were the four Chinese residents murdered?
They were taken to the goller wagon store in which the wagons were used to hang them by tilting one end up and that end of the wagon was used to drop the rope and lynch the person.
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What street did the massacre take place?
“Calle de los Negros” (Street of the Negroes)
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How many people were convicted of manslaughter?
Seven men were convicted of manslaughter and sentenced 2-9 years in prison
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How was the Chinese Massacre of 1871 memorialized?
A plaque on the ground where everything happened describing what the massacre was.
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Why did the Mob attack the Colonel building?
Because the Chinese men were hiding in there
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