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Korematsu v. United States
Korematsu v. United States in the supreme court took place. Fred Korematsu challenged the the US internment camps. He was an American-born. -
case of Yick Wo v. Hopkins
1960 the case of Yick Wo v. Hopkins protected the Chinese but not Asian Americans. They were discriminated. And worse widespread prejudice. -
spanish american war
the Spanish American war broke out. Many Filipinos came to the USA territories. They mostly went to Hawaii and work as sugar cane workers. -
limintaions on chinese imigrants
the united states of America let a specific amount of Chinese to enter America. They wanted more US American-born. They also wanted the US population to grow slowly. -
alian land law
the US passed a alien land law. It stopped Asians from owning land. They were still discriminated. -
gold rush
many Chinese people arrive to California during the gold rush. They wanted to make a fortune by mining gold. Later they were not allowed to mine anymore and kicked out from mining -
transcontinental railroad.
After being kicked out from mining. They ended up laying the rail track in the transcontinental railroad. It goes across the united states of America. In the rail road business they had lower pay than the white people. -
korean refugees
many Koreans came to the USA. They were escaping their war-ravaging country. The USA population grew dramatically. -
Chinese exclusion act
the Chinese exclusion act came in to action. President Chester A. Arthur, which it stopped the Chinese migration to the USA. That was because too many Chinese came to America. -
vietnam war refugees
southern Asians came to the US. They were war refuges from Vietnam. Over 150,000 Vietnamese came to the US. Also Cambodians came to the US to escape dictatorship. -
sadness
the congress felt bad about the interment camps. Congress voted to give 20,000 dollars if you were in the internment camps. The congress gave 20,000 dollars if you are alive from the internment camps.
