Reconstruction in the 1800’s can have a lot of different meanings. For some the reconstruction was the rejoining of the two sides that fought in the civil war‚ the North and the South. For others in government it was the presidential reconstruction after the death of Lincoln. Most importantly for some reconstruction mean finally being a free man with right and who could vote and provide for his family. The African Americans were a big part of reconstruction‚ just being freed by the passing of the
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the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882‚ nativism became another influential factor. Americans started to feel threatened by the massive presence of Chinese immigrants in the United States. In Document C‚ the speech given to the working men of San Francisco was created to encourage Americans that they need to reclaim “their rightful” jobs‚ and it was proclaimed‚ “We should all understand that this state of things cannot be much longer endured.” It is evident that Americans are annoyed with Chinese immigrants
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Out of the many varieties‚ Chinese people were one of the broadest. The Chinese came to the United States in the late 1800’s to find their desirable possession‚ which is fortune. Majority came because of stories and legend they had heard about the wealth that could be found in America. However‚ these can be seen in the many stories found in histories of America and China itself. It is obvious from their stories that Chinese immigrants were very resentful workers
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Time and time again‚ it has been noted that there is an immigration problem in the United States. Whether it be through legal or illegal means‚ there is always a problem. Samuel F.B. Morse believed that the Irish Catholic immigrants were part of a big conspiracy with the Roman Catholics‚ to take over the United States. They were nothing but danger to native Americans. It is a belief that many Americans shared during 1835‚ but held no real base of truth. The Irish Catholic immigrants that were
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In early 1800s women were treated unequally from the males. The role of a women played the part of their description‚ physically and emotionally weak. They were often classified as the “weaker sex” because women had no control over anything they owned or valued. It was a time where men dominated women and they were left out of all decisions. “The average farmer’s wife is one of the most patient and overworked women of the time” (Hartman). However‚ women’s efforts during the 1800’s were effective
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over. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was passed‚ not because of the increasing numbers that where entering the United States‚ but the racism that were boiling in this so called “melting pot” of diversity. Many racial tensions began as Americans saw these Chinese as a threat to their jobs and the economy. During this time the Gold rush was happening in California‚ which China was in a period of poverty‚ which lead many Chinese to immigrate to California (Seattle.) Before the Chinese Exclusion Act
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people believe that immigration in the 1900’s was a good thing‚ however‚ they would be wrong. The United States government should have restricted the immigrants around that time. Some reasons are the population‚ the taking of new jobs and lowering wages‚ and diseases spreading quickly. These all factored importantly into why they should not have been allowed in. The population in the 1900’s was beginning to overflow. In 1875 the United States government had to put a immigration restriction so that
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CHINESE IMMIGRANTS IN CANADA AND THEIR PROBLEMS ON THE CANADIAN LABOR MARKET History 287 – The Chinese in Canada and Canadians in China Bolaria‚ B. Singh‚ and Sean P. Hier. Race and Racism in 21st-century Canada: Continuity‚ Complexity‚ and Change. Peterborough‚ Ont.: Broadview‚ 2007. Print. According to a statistics from Citizenship and Immigration Canada‚ the number of mainland Chinese immigrants to Canada increased impressively in the past 25 years. This has brought a significant amount
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people in need of a new place to live‚ the only thing standing between the success of the development of the west was a group of people in hopes of defending their rights and freedom. Western Canada expanded rapidly after confederation in the late 1800’s because of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway‚ the migration of new settlers in to the Prairies and the defeat of the Metis in Manitoba. I think the railway was the most important
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U.S. Policy for Chinese Immigration The California gold rush of 1849 and new discoveries of gold in Colorado and Nevada in the late 1850s attracted a large number of Asians to the American West. In the 1860s others came to work on the cross-country railroad‚ and some were shipped east to break strikes in the 1870s. Denigrated as the “Yellow Peril‚” Asians became the target of racist attacks. Anti-Chinese riots erupted in San Francisco in 1877‚ leading President Rutherford Hayes to write in
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