Chinese Americans

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Chinese Americans

• Chinese emigrating to the United States in
  1860-1910 only made up 1 of the newly arriving
  population. Many of the Chinese who first arrived
  traveled from Guangdong Province in China. They
  initially settled along the Pacific coast (near
  San Francisco)

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Why did many Chinese decide to leave their
homeland?

• Sought sanctuary from intense conflicts caused by
  the British Opium Wars.
• Peasant Rebellions The Qing government had
  imposed high taxes on the peasant farmers because
  China was forced to pay fees to the western
  imperialist powers. Many farmers lost their land
  and searched for golden opportunities abroad. For
  example in 1860 a Chinese laborer might earn only
  3-5 dollars a month but if they worked for the
  United States railroad they could earn up to 30
  dollars.
• The Chinese immigrants who arrived in the United
  States were mostly men, planning to work away
  from home temporarily.

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Chinese Opium smokers in the United States
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Chinese Westward Expansion
The Central Pacific railroad work force consisted
of mostly Chinese workers.
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A Chinese immigrant mining for gold in
California.

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Anti Chinese Movement and Exclusion
Who is standing there reading the information
posted on the wall? What three groups are
represented in the political cartoon? What is the
message of this illustration?
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Why is the man holding on to the tree? What is
trying to bring him down? What does the man want
to Veto?
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Describe what the political cartoon tells you
about the topic.
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Observe what is happening in this drawing. Write
four descriptive words that come to mind as you
examine the political drawing from 1882.
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What other groups in American history have also
been excluded? What kind of treatment did they
receive?
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A French political cartoon showing how China is
being divided by the United Kingdom, Germany,
Russia, France, and Japan.
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What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?In 1882 the
United States Congress pass an act denying
citizenship to people born in China and
prohibited the immigration of Chinese
Laborers.Chinese who entered America before
passing the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act were among
those who left to return to their homelands.The
Chinese population in the United States dropped
more than 10,00 in 1890 to less than 65,000 in
1920.Who were the immigrants arriving prior to
1880?Who do you think was in favor of having
this act passed? What did they have to gain?
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Angel Island
Between 1910 1940 approximately 175,000
Chinese immigrants came to America through Angel
Island.
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A New Life What do you notice about the
architecture of the picture?
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What are some results from the two cultures
meeting?
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By the year 1851, there were 25,000 Chinese
working in California, more than half the Chinese
in the U.S.. These Chinese clustered into groups,
working hard and forming large cities of ethnic
enclaves called "Chinatowns". The first and most
important of the Chinatowns belonged to San
Francisco.  
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Chinese New Year banners decorate the home in
Weaverville, California.
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Chinese men wearing a traditional long braid
called a queue.
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Chinese School
1860    The California Legislature orders the
establishment of segregated schools.  White
children must be educated separately from blacks,
Indians and Chinese.
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Problems In China Town
1854    People vs. Hall.  California Supreme
Court rules that "Chinese and other people not
white" cannot testify against whites in court. 
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What were some of the challenges faced by many
immigrants?
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