Group #4: The Chinese Exclusion Act by Professor Levine-Justicia https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq en-us 2022-02-24 17:14:27 UTC 2022-03-08 17:22:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9d0.png Who was involved? (Amy) https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2065053613 The Chinese Exclusion Act involved Chinese laborers and even some selective Chinese non-laborers which was passed by Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur in 1882. 

Prior to this in 1880, the administration of President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed U.S. diplomat James B. Angell, who negotiated with China and resulted in the Angell Treaty, which permitted the United States to restrict Chinese immigration. 

(source: https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=47)
(source: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/chinese-immigration)]]> 2022-02-24 17:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2065053613 General Timeline https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2065072642 May 6, 1882 - Chinese Exclusion Act signed into law
May 6, 1892 - made permanent by Geary Act
December 17, 1943 - repealed by Magnuson Act]]> 2022-02-24 18:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2065072642 What happened? (Amy) https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2065087371 Throughout the 1950s, Chinese workers started migrating to the United States to work in gold mines, factories, agriculture, and the garment industry. However, most Chinese laborers were under extreme financial pressure due to the loans they had to pay to get into America and sending money back home to their families. 

These laborers would work under any wages, while non-Chinese laborers demanded higher wages. In turn, this caused non-Chinese laborers to resent the Chinese who would work under the wages they refused. Years of anti-Chinese legislation went by up until 1882, when James B. Angell was appointed to negotiate a new treaty with China. The Angell treaty catalyzed the beginning of the restriction on Chinese immigration. The Act went from limited Chinese immigration to total suspension of any Chinese laborers for 10 years. 

(source: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/chinese-immigration)]]> 2022-02-24 18:18:44 UTC https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2065087371 https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2065118916 The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first and only law that restricted immigration for a specific nationality.]]> 2022-02-24 18:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2065118916 Stigma & Stereotypes https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2070924257 Immigrants experience stigma because they are called “outsiders” or “foreigners” and are stereotyped as undocumented or criminals.]]> 2022-03-01 06:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2070924257 Xenophobia https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2070924779 Fear and hatred of the foreign “other” has had a presence around the world for centuries. These attitudes of fear and hatred refer to xenophobia, a fear that the less deserving foreigner will take away your way of life.]]> 2022-03-01 07:00:07 UTC https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2070924779 Recent Anti-Immigration Actions https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2070956578 During Donald Trump’s presidency, he signed three executive orders that threatened the rights of immigrants and refugees. He stopped the resettlement of Syrian refugees indefinitely through his executive order entitled, “Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals.” This order also shut down the refugee program for one hundred twenty days, reduced the number of refugees to be admitted in the United States, and suspended the visas of citizens from Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen.
Throughout Trump's campaign he called for the construction of a wall between the United States and Mexico to limit immigration.

]]> 2022-03-01 07:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2070956578 California https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2071922186 Gold Rush → Initially worked the Mines and built railroads]]> 2022-03-01 17:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2071922186 The larger US was included in the Act, https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2071923054 Though the hate for chinese was more prevalent in the west, as a result of the influx of workers.]]> 2022-03-01 17:18:33 UTC https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2071923054 Chinese on the right https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2071932995 2022-03-01 17:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2071932995 The Gold Rush 1848-1855 https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2071940611 Resulted in the first initial surge of Asian (mainly Chinese) imigration into America. Mostly men looking for work to support families across the pacific.]]> 2022-03-01 17:27:00 UTC https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2071940611 Source https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2071999914 “Chinese Immigration and the Chinese Exclusion Acts.” Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State, https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/chinese-immigration.]]> 2022-03-01 17:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/professorljsclassroom/lq0c4xlodyy5nynq/wish/2071999914