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16 Cards in this Set
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5 Major Groups in the 1st wave of Asian immigration
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1. chinese
2. koreans 3. japanese 4. asian indians 5. filipinos |
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Japanese immigrants
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1885-1907, first came from Hiroshima and Yamamoochi, influenced by geo-politics
Japanese weren't allowed to leave Japan to work, family migration that countered Chinese "bachelor society" as women were picture brides characteristics: more educated than other Asian/ European immigrants, students, merchants, sojourners |
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Korean immigrants
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Started coming in 1903 due to American Missionaries... Horace Allen and David Dasher
Characteristics of Korean immigrants: plantation workers, Christians, Christian church became center to communities, many were farmers |
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Horace Allen
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American medical missionary
Horace bridge between Hawaii sugar interest and Korean government |
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David Dasher
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business man that set up bank to lend money to Koreans who wanted to go to Hawaii and show money to US immigration (allowed Koreans to go to America), set up recruitment offices for immigrants
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Asian Indians
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British colonialism controlled movement of people
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Punjab
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Region in N. Western India.
Former soldiers |
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Sikh
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Mix of Asians and Indians
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Punjabi immigrant characteristics
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Sikh relgion: Hindu region, Sikh temples
primogeniture= inherit land from father 2nd, 3rd, 4th son of a farming family, moved around a lot so temples served as center, no former education |
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Filipino characteristics
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1906-1934, Filipinos replaced Japanese as cheap labor, 60% from northern philipines, spoke Ilbocanos, had prior experience with sugar planting, young single men under 30, small # were educated
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Pensionados
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specific group of people, racist vs. liberal people, Elite Filipinos who could gain education in USA, brought to good schools in USA so he could become intellectuals, upgrade Filipinos
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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1882
Stopped Chinese from coming to America, mass exodus of Chinese workers ended, allowed merchants to continue their business between USA and china but kept out undesirable Chinese |
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Gentlemen's Agreement
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1907- end of labor migration
a. stop issuing passports to working class people b. japan could save face c. americans benefit because no more working class coming from America d. japanese still issued passports to family that had immigrants in USA |
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Asiatic Barred Zone- Immigration Act of 1917
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Ends immigration from South Asia
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1924 Immigration Act/ National Origins Act
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prohibits the entry of "aliens ineligible for citizenship"= ends Japanese immigration, adopt a National Quota System
Quota: based towards European country received large quota because USA preferred anglo looking--- made statement of their national identity |
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Tydings- Mcduffie Act
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Upgrades the status of the Philippines to a "commonwealth" and promises: 1. Indepence in 1946 and in return Filipinos lose their status as "US Nationals" and 2. limits the immigration of Filipino "aliens" to a quota of 50 per year, alianced anti-imperialists and racists in America West
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