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The book I read was Dragonwings by Laurence Yep. The story was mainly about a little boy named Moonshadow that moved from China to America were his father is living and learned how to fit in and live there but it was very difficult to even survive

Chinese Immigration
The major event I'm going to be talking about is the Chinese immigration that happened during the late 1800's. The Chinese Revolution was the act of Chinese people immigrating to America as slaves around the time of the gold rush. Chinese immigrants are one of the largest foreign-born groups in the United States. The people who were immigrated were mainly men who worked for a while and return home with the savings that they had. Many of the slaves worked as railroad construction crews which were low paying jobs. Many of the immigrants after the gold rush opened up many business in such as restaurants in laundry mats. This eventually led to the Chinese Exclusion Act which was created because other immigrants did not like the fact that the Chinese we're getting the jobs  and wanted them to leave. The Chinese Exclusion Act basically stoped Chinese immigration for over a century so no more Chinese immigrated to America. This book related to the topic because it really talks about how Chinese immigrants lived back then and how hard it was for them to live.  it showed  the perspective somebody who is living in America during that time and the day-to-day things that they did. In the store you would tell you how if you are Chinese and you were walking down the street you can get beat up so it was a very scary to live back then if you are that race. It showed us a first-hand experience of Moonshadow who lives through what experience of living back there in that terrible situation.

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This picture shows a lot of culture that they had and the celebrations that they had.

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This picture shows people after the gold rush working like slaves .

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This image shows the conditions that they lived in as immigrants.

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This source was a secondary source and gave me a lot of information on how they lived during the period of time.

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Group of Immigrants Cabinet of American Illustration

In the late 1800s, people in many parts of the world decided to leave their homes and immigrate to the United States. Fleeing crop failure, land and job shortages, rising taxes, and famine, many came to the U. S. because it was perceived as the land of economic opportunity. Others came seeking personal freedom or relief from political and religious persecution, and nearly 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States between 1870 and 1900. During the 1870s and 1880s, the vast majority of these people were from Germany, Ireland, and England - the principal sources of immigration before the Civil War. Even so, a relatively large group of Chinese immigrated to the United States between the start of the California gold rush in 1849 and 1882, when federal law stopped their immigration.

With the onset of hard economic times in the 1870s, European immigrants and Americans began to compete for the jobs traditionally reserved for the Chinese. With economic competition came dislike and even racial suspicion and hatred. Such feelings were accompanied by anti-Chinese riots and pressure, especially in California, for the exclusion of Chinese immigrants from the United States. The result of this pressure was the Chinese Exclusion Act, passed by Congress in 1882. This Act virtually ended Chinese immigration for nearly a century.

Immigrants entered the United States through several ports. Those from Europe generally came through East Coast facilities, while those from Asia generally entered through West Coast centers. More than 70 percent of all immigrants, however, entered through New York City, which came to be known as the "Golden Door." Throughout the late 1800s, most immigrants arriving in New York entered at the Castle Garden depot near the tip of Manhattan. In 1892, the federal government opened a new immigration processing center on Ellis Island in New York harbor.

Although immigrants often settled near ports of entry, a large number did find their way inland. Many states, especially those with sparse populations, actively sought to attract immigrants by offering jobs or land for farming. Many immigrants wanted to move to communities established by previous settlers from their homelands.

Once settled, immigrants looked for work. There were never enough jobs, and employers often took advantage of the immigrants. Men were generally paid less than other workers, and women less than men. Social tensions were also part of the immigrant experience. Often stereotyped and discriminated against, many immigrants suffered verbal and physical abuse because they were "different." While large-scale immigration created many social tensions, it also produced a new vitality in the cities and states in which the immigrants settled. The newcomers helped transform American society and culture, demonstrating that diversity, as well as unity, is a source of national strength.

To find other documents in Loc.gov relating to this topic, use such key words as immigration or immigrants, or include the names of specific immigrant or ethnic groups, such as German, Irish, Scandinavian, Swedish, Norwegian, or Chinese.

Documents

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Immigration to the United States, 1851-1900 | Rise of Industrial America, 1876-1900 | U.S. History Primary Source Timeline | Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress

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In the late 1800s, people in many parts of the world decided to leave their homes and immigrate to the United States. Fleeing crop failure, land and job shortages, rising taxes, and famine, many came to the U. S. because it was perceived as the land of economic opportunity.

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This source gave me a good amount of information on the population and ton of other facts.

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This source gives facts on the jobs that they had to do and a lot of the struggles.

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Milestones: 1866–1898 - Office of the Historian