immigrants group‚ Chinese immigrant is a huge percentage throughout history and the first group of Chinese immigrants into American dates back to between 1849 and 1882. During that period of time‚ Chinese citizens felt civil disorder‚ poverty‚ and suffering in their homeland under Qing dynasty in 1840s. In order to escape the absoulte monarchy‚ they got opportunities to coming to American for build railroad as well as the gold rush in California. Unfortunately‚ when this group arrived American society‚ they
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In 1882 the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed and made it to where no more Chinese immigrants could enter the United States. The Chinese immigrants that still tried to come to the U.S. got sent to live on Angel Island. The immigrants that lived on Angel Island did things like got questioned‚ wrote poetry on the walls‚ and sometimes got to walk around the island. The Chinese first started coming to the United States in 1848 because of the Gold Rush. As more and more Chinese came the Americans
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On January 24th‚ 1848‚ a man named James W. Marshall ignited the gold rush in Sutter’s Mill in Coloma‚ California. Many Americans flocked to the west coast to try to get rich quick‚ but there was also a huge influx of people from China. The people who came from China were poor and living in unlivable conditions; therefore‚ if they could find a way into America they could create a healthy life and make enough money to send for the rest of their family to come. People from China did not just come to
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Chinese Immigration into America Surprisingly‚ Asian Americans have been in America for over 150 years. They are as diverse as the immigrants from Europe‚ ranging from China‚ Japan‚ Korea‚ Cambodia‚ Korea‚ Philippines‚ India‚ Vietnam‚ and Laos. (Takaki‚ page 8) When many people think of American Immigrants‚ Asians are on the last of their lists. In The Uprooted‚ Harvard historian‚ Oscar Handlin‚ prize winning book with the subtitle "the Epic Story of the Great Migrations that Made the
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I were to ask a group of people “What is your favorite food?” most of them would say countless varieties of food‚ starting with the delicious French pushing it to Chinese and Indian Cuisine. But whatever it is‚ whenever it comes to my favorite food‚ I would say Chow-Mein‚ which hit the top of my most favorite food. Chow-Mein is a Chinese term for a dish of stir-fried noodles‚ which eventually carries many varieties: chicken Chow-Mein‚ beef Chow-Mein or even pork Chow-Mein and of course for vegetable
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Why did Americans pass the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act? During the late 1800s‚ The Gilden Age was in full effect. After the Decade of Crisis‚ when thousands of settlers came to the West in search of gold‚ reconstruction began. While many of these temporary settlers left when the Gold Rush was over‚ some stayed like the Chinese. They worked on the Transcontinental Railroad‚ more commonly as replacements for fellow Irishmen‚ Germans‚ Englishmen‚ or Italians who were unreliable for miscellaneous reasons
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Chinese Immigration & Exclusion Step: 1 What happened between the 1860’s‚ when Chinese were welcome‚ & 1882‚ when they were excluded? 1. They started getting worse treatment every year. 2. Many laws and acts were made against them. 3. The Chinese were feeling depressed and cheated out of their hard work. Step: 2 Based on this document‚ why did many white Americans support the Chinese Exclusion Act? Document A: Play White Americans supported the Chinese Exclusion Act because the Chinese
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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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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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The Chinese exclusion act in 1882 mad in so the Chinese immigration of men and women go from 40‚000 to 23 a year they did this because the Americans thought that the Chinese were too competitive with work and money even thou they worked for little money. Some people agreed with this act because they also believed that the Chinese were to over powering and over populating the Americans. Americans and other immigrants thought that they were better than the Chinese and Chinese have different cultural
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