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Chinese Workers in BC
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Sojourners: Temporary workers
Chinese: Cheap labourers
British Columbia: Joined Confederation in 1871
Undercut: To sell work at a lower price than average
Contractor: Someone who supplies workers
Head Tax: A tax imposed on each person entering a country
Frugal: Careful with money
Rework: To extract more gold from an area that has already been mined
Gold Rush: What brought people to BC in the early 1800s
Knights of Labour: Group that wanted all Chinese gone in BC
Immigrant: Foreigners moving into a new country
Canadian Pacific Railway: Grand railway linking east and west Canada
Exclusion Act: Act in 1923 which stopped Chinese immigration to Canada
Opium War: War in 1842 between China and Japan
Brick Manufacturing: Occupation where Chinese workers suffered while working on the CPR
Scurvy: Disease many Chinese workers suffered while working on the CPR
Sam Kee: One of the richest contractors in 1900
Racism: Discrimination against a certain race
Victoria: Where many Chinese immigrants moved to after the CPR
Dangerous: Working conditions for Chinese on the CPR
Chinese Workers in BC
Across:| 2. | To extract more gold from an area that has already been mined | | 4. | Working conditions for Chinese on the CPR | | 7. | A tax imposed on each person entering a country | | 10. | War in 1842 between China and Japan | | 14. | Where many Chinese immigrants moved to after the CPR | | 15. | Foreigners moving into a new country | | 16. | To sell work at a lower price than average | | 17. | What brought people to BC in the early 1800s | | 19. | Someone who supplies workers | | 20. | Disease many Chinese workers suffered while working on the CPR |
| | Down:| 1. | Occupation where Chinese workers suffered while working on the CPR | | 3. | Grand railway linking east and west Canada | | 5. | Joined Confederation in 1871 | | 6. | Cheap labourers | | 8. | Temporary workers | | 9. | Act in 1923 which stopped Chinese immigration to Canada | | 11. | Group that wanted all Chinese gone in BC | | 12. | Careful with money | | 13. | Discrimination against a certain race | | 18. | One of the richest contractors in 1900 |
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Chinese Workers in BC
Across:| 2. | To extract more gold from an area that has already been mined | | 4. | Working conditions for Chinese on the CPR | | 7. | A tax imposed on each person entering a country | | 10. | War in 1842 between China and Japan | | 14. | Where many Chinese immigrants moved to after the CPR | | 15. | Foreigners moving into a new country | | 16. | To sell work at a lower price than average | | 17. | What brought people to BC in the early 1800s | | 19. | Someone who supplies workers | | 20. | Disease many Chinese workers suffered while working on the CPR |
| | Down:| 1. | Occupation where Chinese workers suffered while working on the CPR | | 3. | Grand railway linking east and west Canada | | 5. | Joined Confederation in 1871 | | 6. | Cheap labourers | | 8. | Temporary workers | | 9. | Act in 1923 which stopped Chinese immigration to Canada | | 11. | Group that wanted all Chinese gone in BC | | 12. | Careful with money | | 13. | Discrimination against a certain race | | 18. | One of the richest contractors in 1900 |
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© 2013
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