Asian Americans Timeline by Samantha Reiff https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34 en-us 2022-06-03 18:44:20 UTC 2022-06-07 23:28:45 UTC hello@padlet.com 1790 Naturalization Act samanthareiff5 https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210481079 Excludes Asians from naturalized citizenship - naturalized citizenship restricted to whites

]]> 2022-06-03 18:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210481079 1855 Chan Yong Case samanthareiff5 https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210481668 Supreme Court affirms that the 1790 Naturalization Act denies citizenship due to the fact that Asians are not “white” (race based on skin color)

]]> 2022-06-03 18:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210481668 1866 Civil Rights Act samanthareiff5 https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210481965 Passed in the wake of the Civil War and the ending of enslavement, the Civil Rights Act of 1866 declared all people born in the United States to be citizens. Now, native born Asian Americans can are considered US citizens. Andrew Johnson vetoed this legislation but he was overruled by Congress.

]]> 2022-06-03 18:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210481965 1871 Race Riots samanthareiff5 https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210482669 Race Riots in LA lead to the lynching of 22 Chinese men

]]> 2022-06-03 18:48:14 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210482669 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act samanthareiff5 https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210483355 Bans Chinese workers from coming to the US]]> 2022-06-03 18:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210483355 1922 Takao Ozawa v. United States samanthareiff5 https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210485591 Takao Ozawa was born in Japan but graduated from high school in California, and attended the University of California. He married an American women. Supreme Court determines he is not eligible for citizenship because he is not "white." ]]> 2022-06-03 18:52:48 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210485591 1923 Bhagat Singh Thind v. United States samanthareiff5 https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210487206 Asian Indians claimed they were eligible for citizenship because they were Caucasian. Previous rulings in the Supreme Court has considered "white person" the same as "Caucasian." Supreme Court rules they are not eligible for citizenship because "white" means an immigrant from Europe.]]> 2022-06-03 18:55:26 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210487206 1941-1943 - Japanese Internment samanthareiff5 https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210488710 Japanese Americans placed in concentration camps during World War II. Many were native born American citizens.]]> 2022-06-03 18:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210488710 1943 Congress ends Chinese Exclusion Act samanthareiff5 https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210489270 Chinese gain the right to become naturalized citizens]]> 2022-06-03 18:59:00 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210489270 1952 McArran-Walter Act samanthareiff5 https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210490402 Ends racial restrictions affiliated with the 1790 Naturalization Act]]> 2022-06-03 19:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210490402 1965 Immigration Act samanthareiff5 https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210493077 Abandons US goal of maintaining an all-white nation and allows more immigration from various parts of the world. This results in the number of Asian immigrants significantly.]]> 2022-06-03 19:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210493077 1872 California School Code samanthareiff5 https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210494013 Schooling is only provided for white children. Asian Americans (as well as other groups such as Mexican Americans, Native Americans, African Americans) denied access to public education in California. ]]> 2022-06-03 19:05:39 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210494013 1885 Segregated Schools Created samanthareiff5 https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210495745 Under the 14th amendment the Supreme Court rules that everyone gets access to public schooling. This results in the creation of segregated schools for Chinese Americans in California. ]]> 2022-06-03 19:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210495745 1906 - San Francisco School Board Ruling samanthareiff5 https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210496999 Segregated schools created for Chinese, Japanese and Korean students]]> 2022-06-03 19:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210496999 1924 - Mississippis courts segregate Chinese students samanthareiff5 https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210497401 2022-06-03 19:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210497401 1914 - Japanese Education Association founded in Hawaii samanthareiff5 https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210498905 Creation of Japanese Language Schools for Japanese living in Hawaii. Many local white leaders oppose this change because public schools were supposed to provide "Americanization." This was a divisive issue for both Japanese and whites in Hawaii. ]]> 2022-06-03 19:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210498905 1924 - Hawaiian government tries to ban Japanese Language Schools samanthareiff5 https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210499357 This is eventually overturned by the Supreme Court in 1927 and the schools are permitted to operate.]]> 2022-06-03 19:14:44 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210499357 1954 Brown v. Board of Education samanthareiff5 https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210501588 Ends racial segregation in schools]]> 2022-06-03 19:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210501588 1974 Lau v. Nichols samanthareiff5 https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210503953 When the California school system was integrated, the school system gained many Chinese students who were not fluent in English. They were denied any supplemental English or bilingual education. 

The Supreme Court ruled this unconstitutional in 1974 because it was a violation of the Civil Rights Act and the 14th Amendment and stated that they schools needed to provide additional English education.]]> 2022-06-03 19:22:30 UTC https://padlet.com/samanthareiff5/ljlhya85u5xvhs34/wish/2210503953