Many Chinese immigrants came for the gold, or were enticed by the "Land of Opportunity". Most were looking for a new, more comfortable life. Very few found it.
In Cities
Asia; mostly the Chinese
Some Scottish immigrants to America were forced there as convicted prisoners, but most came seeking an opportunity for a better life, as did most other immigrants to America.
Public schools are most helpful for assimilating recent immigrants into America.
Many Chinese immigrants came for the gold, or were enticed by the "Land of Opportunity". Most were looking for a new, more comfortable life. Very few found it.
Most Chinese immigrants settled in the western cities. Most of them were in California.
The Chinese men arriving during the California Gold Rush of 1849, for the most part, brought only the clothes on their backs.
In Cities
Chinese immigrants came to America and helped build the transcontinental railroad. it was very dangerous work but Chinese immigrants were plentiful and willing. they were cheap, plentiful labor which made them ideal to the racist white men of America.
Asia; mostly the Chinese
south America
Some Scottish immigrants to America were forced there as convicted prisoners, but most came seeking an opportunity for a better life, as did most other immigrants to America.
Public schools are most helpful for assimilating recent immigrants into America.
Mostly Chinese Immigrants and Americans....
Chinese immigrants
Prior to 1870, the primary occupations were mining & building the railroad. Late 1800s to the early 1900s, the Chinese built "most" of the levees that control the rivers in the Sacramento regions of California.