When a group of certain people immigrate to the United States they are usually faced with hardship and discrimination. These people are trying to escape discrimination back in their home country, or are trying to leave their country because the economic and/or political conditions are unstable or unfair. There are two specific groups of people that immigrated to the United States in two very distinct waves, the Chinese immigrants and the Irish immigrants. Both immigrant groups suffered hardships when they first arrived in America and were exploited for their labor. There were anti-Chinese movements and anti-Irish movements which created negative stereotypes for these people and increased American resentment towards these immigrants.
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This act prevented the Chinese immigration to the United States and it was the first time a group of people were undesirable for immigration to America. (Wei, William) This act marked the end to the American policy of unrestricted Immigration. It was not until 1943, when China became an important ally to the United States in World War II, that the United States started allowing Chinese Immigrants back in. The Magnuson Act made it possible for Chinese Immigrants to become naturalized and gave China an annual quota of 105 immigrants. (Wei, William) However, this quota made it difficult for Chinese families to stay together. Males usually lived lonely lives in male dominated Chinatowns and their wives and children were left back in China. This was a big problem because the Chinese viewed family as one of the most important values. The annual quota also meant that the United States was not completely accepting of Chinese and Asian immigrants. Finally, in 1965 the United States passed the Immigration Act and repealed the quotas which allowed for equality in immigration. The Chinese took advantage of the Immigration Act’s policy of family reunification and immigrated to America in large numbers. (Wei, William) According to the U.S. Census Bureau there are about 3,347,229 Chinese Americans as of …show more content…
Before the Irish potato famine, the majority of the early 19th century immigrants were skilled Protestants. However, by the 1820’s most Irish immigrants were unskilled, Catholic, peasant laborers. (EveryCulture.com) One of the major problems that contributed to the Irish migration to America was the “absence of primogeniture”, which is the succession of belongings to the firstborn child in a family. (Rapple, Brendan) Family plots kept being divided into smaller and smaller chunks of land until they became so small it was of no use to raise a family. Also many Irish people were evicted from their land because the landlords wanted it used for grazing. In addition to land issues, there were several potato failures before the major one in 1840s. Another problem which led to pre-famine immigration were the Penal Laws that were enforced by the British. These laws were enforced in order to get rid of the Celtic heritage and the Catholic religion. (Rapple,
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This act prevented the Chinese immigration to the United States and it was the first time a group of people were undesirable for immigration to America. (Wei, William) This act marked the end to the American policy of unrestricted Immigration. It was not until 1943, when China became an important ally to the United States in World War II, that the United States started allowing Chinese Immigrants back in. The Magnuson Act made it possible for Chinese Immigrants to become naturalized and gave China an annual quota of 105 immigrants. (Wei, William) However, this quota made it difficult for Chinese families to stay together. Males usually lived lonely lives in male dominated Chinatowns and their wives and children were left back in China. This was a big problem because the Chinese viewed family as one of the most important values. The annual quota also meant that the United States was not completely accepting of Chinese and Asian immigrants. Finally, in 1965 the United States passed the Immigration Act and repealed the quotas which allowed for equality in immigration. The Chinese took advantage of the Immigration Act’s policy of family reunification and immigrated to America in large numbers. (Wei, William) According to the U.S. Census Bureau there are about 3,347,229 Chinese Americans as of …show more content…
Before the Irish potato famine, the majority of the early 19th century immigrants were skilled Protestants. However, by the 1820’s most Irish immigrants were unskilled, Catholic, peasant laborers. (EveryCulture.com) One of the major problems that contributed to the Irish migration to America was the “absence of primogeniture”, which is the succession of belongings to the firstborn child in a family. (Rapple, Brendan) Family plots kept being divided into smaller and smaller chunks of land until they became so small it was of no use to raise a family. Also many Irish people were evicted from their land because the landlords wanted it used for grazing. In addition to land issues, there were several potato failures before the major one in 1840s. Another problem which led to pre-famine immigration were the Penal Laws that were enforced by the British. These laws were enforced in order to get rid of the Celtic heritage and the Catholic religion. (Rapple,