Unit 6: Period 6: 1865-1898

"The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship. The conditions of human life have not only been changed, but revolutionized.... The

"Whereas in the opinion of the Government of the United States the coming of Chinese laborers to this country endangers the good order of certain localities within the territory thereof: Therefore, Be it enacted... That from and after the expiration

"We consider the underlying fallacy of the plaintiff's argument to consist in the assumption that the enforced separation of the two races stamps the colored race with a badge of inferiority. If this be so, it is not by reason of anything found in th

"We have witnessed for more than a quarter of a century the struggles of the two great political parties for power and plunder, while grievous wrongs have been inflicted upon the suffering people.... We demand free and unlimited coinage of silver....

"I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs are killed.... The old men are all dead.... It is cold, and we have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death.... Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands