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First Chinese immigrants to America Ever
The first three ever Chinese Immigrants arrive in Baltimore, Maryland on a ship called the Pallas. -
Issues Developing in China
China begins to struggle due to a large influx in population and growing unrest that led up to the Taiping Rebellion. -
Gold found in California
Word of the gold found in California causes thousands of Chinese Immigrants to travel across the Pacific Ocean. Many opened their own stores and businesses, but some went into the mines to look for gold. -
End of the Gold Rush
Gold begins to run out, causing the end of the Gold Rush. The people who didn't find gold attempted to start their own businesses and companies, only to be out-competed by the already running Chinese companies. This led to some hostility towards the Chinese over the next several years. -
Transcontinental Railroad
Due to the fact that a recent ad for the transcontinental railroad only got a few hundred white workers, a man named Charles Crocker had the idea to hire Chinese immigrants looking for a job. 15 to 20 thousand immigrants helped build the railroad for a small amount of pay in dangerous conditions. Over 1000 workers were killed during avalanches while working in the mountains. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The unrest between the Americans and the Asians eventually led to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which was put into effect by Chester A. Arthur. This act banned all immigration from China unless they were American Citizens or related to American Citizens. This Act lasted until 1943, when Franklin D. Roosevelt stated it was a historic mistake to exclude the Chinese. -
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Chinese Exclusion Act
Act that banned all Chinese immigrants not related to American Citizens that lasted from 1882 to 1943. -
Paper Sons and Daughters
In 1906, the Francisco Earthquake caused a fire that destroyed many documents that recorded the Citizen documents. To fix this, America built an immigration station in 1910 to fix this, but many people knew American citizens and used them to lie about their citizenship, thus becoming paper sons and daughters. -
Chinese Population Today
As of 2017, there are about 3.8 million Chinese living in America right now.
