Immigration

1. Immigration By: Zi Huang 11/20/12

2. History of Immigration • Begins in the mid 18th century • For California gold rush • Building Railroad

3. First Chinese Immigrants • wealthy • Successful business • Were hotel owner • Were restaurant owner

4. History of Chinatown • 25,000 Chinese working in California • More than half of them live in same region • People increased, they formed a large city called Chinatown.

5. Other Jobs for Chinese • They didn’t only here for gold, they also take job as: • Cooker • Storekeeper • peddler

6. Railroad Job • During 1860, 10,000 Chinese were said to involved building central pacific railroad • 9/10 of railroad workers were Chinese • They made $35 per month • Their food cost from $15-$18 a month

7. Railroad continued • The job was backbreaking and highly dangerous • Over thousands people had their bones shipped and returned back to China.

8. Resentment against Chinese • As time passed, the resentment against Chinese increased from those who could not compete with them. • Acts of violent against Chinese, 88 Chinese were murdered . Mostly killed by white Urban

9. The Naturalization Act of 1870 • restricted all immigration into the U.S to only "white persons and persons of African descent,“ • meaning that all Chinese were placed in a different category, a category that placed them as ineligible for citizenship from that time till 1943

10. 1860 • During 1860 there were around 62,000 Chinese in U.S. • The ratio for man and woman were 19:1 • 59,850 men • 3,150 women

11. 1890 • There were around 110,000 Chinese in U.S in 1890. • The ratio was 27:1 • 106,072 men • 3,928 women

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