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Gold rush
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Migration to Gold Mountain
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People vs. Hall
This appealed murder case established that Chinese in the U.S. had no rights to testify against white citizens. The ruling freed Hall, a white man, from the conviction and death sentence for killing Ling Sing, a Chinese man. Three Chinese had testified to the murder -
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Economical development
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Development of many china town
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Burlingame Treaty
The Burlingame Treaty of 1868 established friendly relations between the U.S. and China, including the encouragement of Chinese immigration to the U.S., but naturalization was strictly prohibited.3 -
construction of the transcontinental railroad
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Naturalization Act
The Naturalization Act of 1870 put controls on U.S. immigration and limited naturalization to “aliens of African nativity and to persons of African descent” “whites” thus excluding all Asians from receiving citizenship -
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Yellow Peril
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Chinese Exclusion Act
Anti-Chinese sentiment grew and in 1882 the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed, effectively banning Chinese migration for 10 years.5 As a result, there was an increase in Japanese immigration to replace Chinese laborers. -
Anti-Japanese Movement
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Angel island
!Angel Island, off the coast of San Francisco, opened as an immigration station. Here, many Asian migrants were unjustly held or even turned away -
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World War I
Despite discrimination against Asian-Americans, many chose to serve in the war and were awarded naturalization for their service. By the end of World War I in 1918, there were nearly 180,000 Asian-Americans living in the United States, including about 100,000 Japanese and 60,000 Chinese and 5,000 Filipinos.11 -
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Second World War
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Pearl Harbor
Even before Pearl Harbor, Japanese were discriminated against in the U.S. After the attack, this discrimination grew to monumental proportions.
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Japanese Internment begins
On March 18, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the War Relocation Authority that forcefully moved to internment camps. But even with this discrimination, many first-generation Japanese-Americans joined the U.S. military.13 -
Chinese Exclusion Act repealed
The Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed in 1943, removing the annual quota that limited Chinese migration to 105 visas per year. The action was done to strengthen ties with World War II ally China, who was under the influence of Japanese propaganda which referenced Chinese exclusion from the U.S. However, while the Act was repealed, the still standing Immigration Act of 1924 stated that aliens ineligible for U.S. citizenship were not permitted to enter the U.S. and this included Chinese.15 -
the act was finally repealed by the Magnus on Act
