To build railroads
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There are lots of major reasons why Chinese immigrants came to America.
Most people believe that the reason they came to America is because they have a major disadvantage in terms of opportunities in China. They just came to America to have better opportunities like better education, to acquire vast knowledge about scientific achievements, etc.
Another major reason Chinese immigrants came to America is the California Gold Rush. They came to America just to mine for gold, have wealth and have a better life.
Now, they still have major racial problems in America.
The US government needed Chinese immigrants to build railroads that linked one side of the US to another. The government wanted the Chinese because they work for a long for low wages.
On the railroads
They helped to build railroads
they worked on rail roads hard and all day.
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In ww1, while men were fighting on the fronts, the women were left at home. So they decided to fight for their rights. 1919 was about the date for women getting the right to vote. (Canada) After ww2, immigrants like the Chinese and Japenese won the right to vote. In Canada, 1948 Chinese immigrants and 1949 Japanese immigrants