1. What is your reaction to this poem? 2. Ask two questions about the subject of this poem and explain how the answers to these questions might add to your understanding of this period.

3. Develop your own "what if" questions to this poem. For example, what if the poet left his job? What if the workers at this shop were given more time off?

4. "What if you could interview Morris Rosenfield?" Prepare a series of questions for the interview.

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in the 1800s, chinese workers migrated to the united states, first to work in the gold mines, but also to take agricultural jobs, and factory work, especially in the garment industry. chinese immigrants were particularly instrumental in building railroads in the american west, and as chinese laborers grew successful in the united states, a number of them became entrepreneurs in their own right. as the numbers of chinese laborers increased, so did the strength of anti-chinese sentiment among other workers in the american economy. this finally resulted in legislation that aimed to limit future immigration of chinese workers to the united states, and threatened to sour diplomatic relations between the united states and china.

the heightened emotion and nature images.