Chinese Immigrants

Chinese immigrants that crossed the Pacific Ocean was for the same reason, for a better life. America had new opportunities for the Chinese. The Chinese immigrants dealt with hardships in China, they weren’t able to support their families and lived in a very uncomfortable condition. Some of them had no choice but to leave their family behind and planned to return to their homeland with money. The Chinese moved to all different locations, some of the Chinese immigrants went to the American West before the Gold Rush. Most of the Chinese in the West worked as free laborers. They were known to be impressive workers, they worked hard and well-behaved. The Pacific railroad company favored the Chinese more than the Whites. Many of the Chinese were hired by James Strobridge, they were tasked to build the transcontinental railroad that links between the East and West. The Chinese gave their all to build the railroad, through harsh conditions through bad weathers, day to night.
The Chinese immigrants was driving down wages and became a threat to the Whites. The Anglo-Americans was hostile and jealous towards the Chinese, they were racist towards them for economic and racial arguments. The Congress got involved, they supported the Anti-Chinese movement and passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882. The Chinese Exclusion Act suspended the Chinese Immigrants for ten years and declared Chinese immigrant’s ineligible for naturalization as American citizens. After the ten years passed the Congress decided to ban the Chinese permanently in