While numerous amount of Europeans arriving on the East Coast, Chinese immigrants arrived on the shores of the West Coast in smaller groups. Between 1851 and 1883, about 300,000 Chinese arrived to seek their fortunes after the discovery of gold in the California gold rush in 1848. Chinese immigrants helped build nation’s railroads, including the first transcontinental line. After the completion of the railroads, they turned to farming, mining, and domestic service. During the 1870s, many Chinese agreed to work for a low wage, but many American workers feared they would lose their job. However, Chinese immigration was sharply limited by a congressional act passed in 1882 called the Chinese Exclusion Act. This act prohibited all Chinese except
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After the completion of the railroads, Chinese found jobs elsewhere for a low wage and hiring managers accepted them for working a long shift but for a low wage. It was an advantage for the companies, but not for many Americans. Document C, a speech to the workingmen of San Francisco states, “To-day every avenue to labor, of every sort, is crowded with Chinese slave labor worse than it was eight years ago. The boot, shoe, and cigar industries are almost entirely in their hands.” This quote demonstrates that every avenue is filled up with Chinese slave labor and it's worse than it was eight years ago and industries like the boot, shoe, and cigar are controlled by them. Another states, “They monopolize nearly all the farming done to supply the market with all sorts of vegetables. This state of things brings about a terrible competition between our own people…” The Chinese are picking up things a bit faster and the result ended with a lot of supply in the markets with different kinds of vegetable, these fast workingmen bring competition between the American people. Moreover, the Americans saw the Chinese employment is proportionate to the competition to slavery in the early 1800s even after the fourteenth amendment was …show more content…
Chinese were persecuted, not for their vices [sins], but for their virtues [good qualities]”. These words were written in Lee Chew’s autobiography. A large number of Chinese immigrants created some kind of jealousy between them and other nationalities after dominating a lot of job opportunities. This jealousy evolved even more, in Los Angeles in 1871, 18 Chinese were killed. The violence repeated again in Chico, CA 1877, and once more in Rock Springs Wyoming, 1885. The Americans thought that the Chinese were here only for money and not settlement, while lee
After the completion of the railroads, Chinese found jobs elsewhere for a low wage and hiring managers accepted them for working a long shift but for a low wage. It was an advantage for the companies, but not for many Americans. Document C, a speech to the workingmen of San Francisco states, “To-day every avenue to labor, of every sort, is crowded with Chinese slave labor worse than it was eight years ago. The boot, shoe, and cigar industries are almost entirely in their hands.” This quote demonstrates that every avenue is filled up with Chinese slave labor and it's worse than it was eight years ago and industries like the boot, shoe, and cigar are controlled by them. Another states, “They monopolize nearly all the farming done to supply the market with all sorts of vegetables. This state of things brings about a terrible competition between our own people…” The Chinese are picking up things a bit faster and the result ended with a lot of supply in the markets with different kinds of vegetable, these fast workingmen bring competition between the American people. Moreover, the Americans saw the Chinese employment is proportionate to the competition to slavery in the early 1800s even after the fourteenth amendment was …show more content…
Chinese were persecuted, not for their vices [sins], but for their virtues [good qualities]”. These words were written in Lee Chew’s autobiography. A large number of Chinese immigrants created some kind of jealousy between them and other nationalities after dominating a lot of job opportunities. This jealousy evolved even more, in Los Angeles in 1871, 18 Chinese were killed. The violence repeated again in Chico, CA 1877, and once more in Rock Springs Wyoming, 1885. The Americans thought that the Chinese were here only for money and not settlement, while lee