https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv Chinese Immigrants have, for a long time, came to this country to escape the hardships at home and build new lives for themselves. However, they have long been met with nativism and discrimination from Americans. en-us 2023-05-08 20:51:58 UTC 2023-05-26 21:28:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1e8-1f1f3.png rhomierjr0001 https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv/wish/2589161552 In 1882, the U.S. passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned Chinese immigrants from immigrating into the country for a decade and stopped Chinese living in the U.S. from becoming citizens. This ban was extended a decade later and made permanent two decades later.]]> 2023-05-12 21:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv/wish/2589161552 rhomierjr0001 https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv/wish/2589163260 Angel Island Immigration Station was founded in 1910 to process immigrants coming to the west coast and to enforce the Chinese Exclusion Act. However, 250,000 Chinese would be processed here in the few decades it was run for.

https://www.aiisf.org/history

https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/exhibits/show/california-history/immigration-in-california-hist/immigration-memorials-monumeme#:~:text=Between%201910%2D1940%2C%20it%20is,coming%20to%20the%20United%20States.]]> 2023-05-12 21:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv/wish/2589163260 rhomierjr0001 https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv/wish/2593650991 News of the California Gold Rush arrived in Hong Kong in 1849. This inspired many Chinese to immigrate to the west coast in search of prosperity.

https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/chinese/searching-for-the-gold-mountain/]]> 2023-05-16 20:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv/wish/2593650991 rhomierjr0001 https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv/wish/2593661546 U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed diplomat James Angell to write a treaty with China that could limit, but not ban Chinese immigration. The Angell Treaty was produced and signed in 1880, laying the foundation for the Chinese Exclusion Act two years later.

https://immigrationhistory.org/item/angell-treaty-of-1880/ ]]> 2023-05-16 20:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv/wish/2593661546 rhomierjr0001 https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv/wish/2593671072 When the U.S. joined World War 2 with China as their ally, they repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act. While this gave Chinese living in the U.S. the right to become citizens, there were still quotas that limited Chinese immigration to 105 immigrants per year.

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/chinese-exclusion-act#:~:text=It%20was%20the%20first%20significant,immigrating%20to%20the%20United%20States.]]> 2023-05-16 20:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv/wish/2593671072 rhomierjr0001 https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv/wish/2600601276 Due to loosening restrictions on immigration in the U.S. and emigration in China and improved relations between the two countries, a new wave of Chinese immigration took place starting in the late 1970s.

https://reimaginingmigration.org/chinese-immigrants-to-the-us-past-and-present/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20Migration%20Policy,late%201970s%20to%20the%20present.]]> 2023-05-22 21:01:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv/wish/2600601276 aruiz0314 https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv/wish/2600608068 The Taiping Rebellion start on December 1850 that was a radical political and religious disruption that was on of the most if not the most important event that happen in China. The it was led by a Christian leader called Hong Xiuquan who believed that he was the son of God and the younger brother of Jesus Christ sent to reform China. The rebellion went on for  14 years and damaged 17 different areas in China and took an estimated of 20 million lives, and unalterably changed the Qing Dynasty 
https://www.britannica.com/event/Taiping-Rebellion ]]> 2023-05-22 21:11:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv/wish/2600608068 aruiz0314 https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv/wish/2600623787 In the 1850s Chinese started to migrate to the United States once they came to the United State they started to work in the gold mines, but they also took jobs in agriculture and factories, especially those that made clothes. Chinese laborers became successful in the United States, and a number of them went on to become successful entrepreneurs on their own as a result. Chinese immigrants played a particularly important role in the construction of railroads in the American west.
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/chinese-immigration]]> 2023-05-22 21:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv/wish/2600623787 rhomierjr0001 https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv/wish/2606541263 The Scott Act was passed in 1888, which abolished the "returning laborers" status. This meant that 20,000 Chinese workers who  left the U.S. for China, and were promised that they were exempt from the Chinese Exclusion Act, were now cut off from the U.S.

https://immigrationhistory.org/item/scott-act/ ]]> 2023-05-26 21:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv/wish/2606541263 aruiz0314 https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv/wish/2606543261 There were a series of discriminatory local laws that was passed in the early 1870s  that were against Chinese immagrants. Some of them where, The Side Walk Ordinance of 1870 banning the Chinese practice of carrying vegetables and laundry on a pole, while being in San Francisco. The Quene Ordinance of 1873 ban Chinese men who had long braids, this was a custom in Chinese culture. Chinese immigrants were not allowed to work for federal, state, and local government, and were not allowed to take there children to school to get an education. 
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/5views/5views3d.htm#:~:text=The%20Anti%2DChinese%20Movement&text=The%20Queue%20Ordinance%20required%20Chinese,return%20to%20China%20without%20them.]]> 2023-05-26 21:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rhomierjr0001/wfvcukawl5p3pjwv/wish/2606543261