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Chinese Immigrants Working on the Railroad

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Chinese Immigrants Working on the Railroad

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Each partner answered two questions by using the resources to look for research. Once our research was done, we put the important aspects into appropriate time frame for our timeline, like including acts like the National Origins Act of 1924 and the Chinese Exclusion Act. It is evident through our timeline that immigration has changed through centuries and it is different from the 1800s to present day. Overall, we learned about Immigration from China in this experience.

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1850s-1870s: The California government passed a law directed towards Chinese residents. This law made sure that any Chinese businesses or workers had to acquire they special business licenses. By the 1880’s, 100,000 Chinese immigrants were living in the US

Immigration consisted into 2 waves: one arriving in mid-1800s and the other arriving in late 1970s to present day

Hard economic times in 1870s, other immigrants and and European Americans competed for jobs that were usually reserved for the Chinese immigrants

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In 1849-1882 many Chinese immigrated to California because of the Gold Rush, then the federal law had stopped their immigration

The Gold Rush: wanted gold for themselves or labored from miners

Many came to the US for work and make money, then would return home with the saving they made here in the US

Single men who worked for a while in the US then would return home

Gold rush in California attracted them, many prospected for gold on their own or labored for other miners

Many had the opportunity to open their own businesses such as restaurants, laundries, other personal service concerns

After the gold rush, they worked as agricultural laborers on railroad construction crews throughout the West, and in low-paying industrial jobs

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From this competition came dislike and racial suspicion and hatred

anti-Chinese riots and pressure especially in California, for exclusion of Chinese immigrants from US, which resulted in the Chinese Exclusion Act

Chinese Exclusion Act, passed by Congress in 1882 ended Chinese immigration for nearly a century

Other immigrants and Euro Americans felt that Chinese immigrants were taking their jobs, and dislike and racial suspicion and hatred came along towards Chinese immigrants

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Population has grown more than six-fold since 1980

The number of immigrants from mainland China in the United States nearly doubled from 299,000 in 1980 to 536,000 in 1990, and again to 989,000 in 2000, reaching 2.1 million in 2016.

As more Chinese immigrants worked into the American economy and society, a more anti-Chinese attitude rose from their jealousy

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2.1 million in 2016, 5% of approximately 44 million immigrant population overall

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(Bianca Li/aiisf.org)

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Dora Chun was a promising student who was accepted into the William and Mary University in the state of Virginia in the United States. She grew up in Tientsin, China and proved to be a very intelligent person in her community; the best decision for her was to immigrate to America to further her education once she was accepted. Chun couldn’t come to the United States without a student visa, so she had to submit documents like her affidavit, in absence of a birth certificate, and her acceptance letter to William and Mary University. Thanks to the Immigration Act of 1924, she was issued a non quota student visa and a Chinese passport due to her excellence in her studies. Dora Chun immigrated to the United States in 1934, first living with a friend in San Francisco, and then moving to Williamsburg, Virginia to pursue an amazing education at William and Mary University.
(Bianca Li/aiisf.org)