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The Chinese began immigrating to the U.S. to find work in California during the railroad expansion and the Gold Rush.
Many Asians were imported and paid brutally low wages to assemble the train tracks or to sift through streams for gold pieces for anxious prospectors.
Today, many Chinese-Americans are active in California politics. Some examples are Leland Yee, Fiona Ma, and Edwin Lee.
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What group of immigrants was officially not allowed into the US according to the federal exclusion act in the 1800?
The Chinese
What were the similarities and the differences between immigration to the west coast and immigration to the east coast and Midwest of the US in the 1890s?
Immigration to the west coast mainly consisted of Chinese immigrants (except during the Chinese Exclusion Act). Chinese immigrants worked on the railroad and moved somewhat throughout the west. Immigration in the east mainly consisted of southern and eastern European immigrants. They would arrive at Ellis Island and rarely move about the east, they would usually stay in major cities such as NYC and Philadelphia. Immigrants of the east had difficulties assimilating, as most of the WASPS wanted, because they tended to keep their culture and traditions. Most of the immigrants were young men and had little education and did not speak much English and went to work in factories.
Which the immigrants in the West bore the brunt of labor hostility in the 1870s and 1880s?
The Chinese
What happened as a result of anti Chinese legislation?
Mexican immigrants came into the country.
Which group of laborers did most of the work on the transcontinental railroad?
ChineseApex
What parts of the US did early Chinese immigrants move to?
Many Chinese immigrated to San Francisco.
What did Chinese and Irish immigrants do for the US when they arrived in the US?
they danced
Why did Chinese and Japanese immigrants come to the US?
the gold rush
What did Chinese immigrants helped build?
US railroads mostly.
What are the two big contributions did the Chinese immigrants make in the us?
Chinese food, funny accents, and the Chinese language.
How did Chinese in the us react to the Chinese exclusion act?
The exclusion laws had dramatic impacts on Chinese immigrants and communities.
Which groups of Asian immigrants was allowed into the mainland US in the 1910?
Chinese
How many Chinese Immigrants came to the US?
Since when? This is an unanswerable question
What law prevented Chinese immigrants already in the US from becoming citizens?
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 prohibited Chinese immigrants from becoming naturalized citizens. This law was in effect until it was repealed by the Magnuson Act in 1943.
Are puerto ricans immigrants in the US?
No they are US Citizen who simply decided to move.
Who were the laborers who built the railroads?
Chinese immigrants
What group of immigrants was officially not allowed into the US because of exclusion act?
Chinese laborers
