Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper, in which you examine the root causes of ethnic tension in California state history.
Include the following items:
- Explore the historical justifications used for discrimination against Chinese people living in the state.
- Explore the factors leading to Japanese-American internment during World War II.
- Explore the factors leading to anti-Hispanic sentiment, as seen in zoot-suit riots (1942).
- Explore the factors leading to anti-Black feelings, as seen in Watts riots (1965).
- Analyze the factors that led to the Los Angeles riots (1992).
- Examine the effect of California immigration policies in the 1990s on politics and ethnic conflict in the state.
REQUIRED MECHANICS
- Start your paper with an introduction paragraph telling the reader what your essay will be about, and summarize the main points of your paper with a conclusion paragraph at the end of your essay.
- Incorporate vocabulary terms from this week’s materials into your response, and use the resources provided in the Learning Activities folder and in your instructor’s discussion posts.
- Include in-text citations and a reference list with at least three sources in to support your assignment. Do not use Wikipedia, Quora, Yahoo Questions or other crowdsourced websites as references.
- Format your assignment according to APA 7 guidelines.
