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1970s Wong Family  | The Wong family story features a Chinese American family and their 1970’s tenement home. Students learn about the push and pull factors of Chinese immigration and the long history of laws that restricted Asian immigration.

  • Themes: Complicating Stereotypes, Culture and Identity, Industrialization and Labor, Push and Pull Factors
  • Topics: Asian Immigration

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