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The Naturalization Act of 1790
Prevented everyone except for freed slaves and white people from being citizens of the United States. Asians were not allowed to be considered citizens of the United States. https://jacl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Unnoticed-Struggle.pdf -
Thousands of Chinese Railroad Workers Went on Strike
Thousands of Chinese worked hard to build the American railroads. In 1867 thousands of Chinese railroad workers went on strike as an effort to be paid as much as their white co-workers. After a week their food supply was cut off which forced them to go back to work. They managed to gain slightly higher pay as a result of the strike. https://jacl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Unnoticed-Struggle.pdf -
Chinese Massacre of 1871
500 people raided China town and robbed, assaulted, and killed innocent and peaceful Chinese residents. https://jacl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Unnoticed-Struggle.pdf -
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Enforced the exclusion of Chinese immigrating and becoming citizens of the United States. It also restricted Asians in the United States from owning land. https://jacl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Unnoticed-Struggle.pdf -
Executive Order 9066
Brutally ordered thousands of Japanese to relocate to internment camps where they lived in terrible conditions. An insightful video:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/history/children-in-internment-camps-a-japanese-am/?jwsource=cl https://jacl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Unnoticed-Struggle.pdf -
Magnuson Act of 1943
A repeal of the Chinese Exclusion act but still made it difficult for Chinese to enter into the United States. https://jacl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Unnoticed-Struggle.pdf -
Immigration Act of 1965
Declared that "no person shall receive any preference or priority or be discriminated against in the issuance of an immigrant visa because of his race, sex, nationality, place of birth, or place of residence." A large number of Asian immigrants flocked to the United States. https://jacl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Unnoticed-Struggle.pdf -
Loving vs. Virginia
A court case that made interracial marriage legal. After this case, Asian Americans (and other races) were able to marry whoever they wanted. https://jacl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Unnoticed-Struggle.pdf -
San Francisco State Strike
A student-led strike that resulted in more diverse classes in university. Asian-Americans played a large role in participating in and organizing this strike. Ethnic study classes are a direct result of this strike and others like it. https://jacl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Unnoticed-Struggle.pdf -
Civil Liberties Act of 1988
Granted reparations of 20,000 dollars to victims of the Japanese internment camps. I was an attempt made by the US government to apologize and compensate for the injustice performed against the Japanese Americans. https://jacl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Unnoticed-Struggle.pdf
