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Chinese Put In Labor
The first transcontinental railroad is completed with significant Chinese immigrant labor. -
Denying Immigrants
The Chinese Exclusion Act halts Chinese laborer immigration for 10 years and denies Chinese from becoming naturalized U.S. citizens. -
Government Violates Law
The U.S. Supreme Court decision, Yick Wo v. Hopkins, rules that laws that are enforced with racial discrimination violates the 14th Amendment. -
The Scott Act
The Scott Act declares over 20,000 Chinese laborers’ re-entry permits null and void. -
Power to Government
In Fong Yue Ting v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that Congress has the power to expel the Chinese. -
Expansion
The 1870 Naturalization Act is expanded to apply to other Asians.
Angel Island Detention Center opens. The Center, located off California, examines potential Asian immigrants. Many of them are Chinese immigrants.
The Chinese American population represents 94,414 out of a total U.S. population of 92.2 million.
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Blacks Migrate
454,000 black southerners moved north -
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Work Demand
World War I created a huge demand for workers in northern jkifactories, many southern blacks took this opportunity to leave the oppressive economic conditions in the south78 -
More Blacks Leave
800,000 blacks left the south -
Even More Blacks Move
398,000 blacks leave. -
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Many More Blacks Leave
3,348,000 blacks left the south for northern and western cities.