Archeology In America

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Archeology connects the past and the present. If we understand the past we can understand our existence as a part of history. Archeology allows us to claim cultures, which may have been previously lost or oppressed. Archeology also allowed us to research climate, food, ecology and things that are relevant in our society. It can also take us back in time where immigration all started and why.
Archeology is used to define, past cultures and societies; the information found can be used to reconstruct these same elements including behavior and activities as well. Archeology can only go so far without certain information. One might have to use everything in context even with without having certain information. When one does take this missing information
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At first they were all smuggled in to America on a boat called Golden Venture. The Golden Venture was established by Chinese gang members who were able to obtain passports and working visa, so if anything ever happened they were in the clear. The first Golden Venture landed at the Rockaway beach in Queens, NY. Eventually, they were caught and taken in by immigration. Some people were held in jail for months at a time, and some were lucky enough to be bailed out. Being bailed out as an immigrant was a good thing for the Chinese because there were no legal documents on them, so how can they ever be found. However, the ones who were able to get away found a common place in New York City, which is now called Chinatown. As the newcomers settled in the new wave of Chinese immigration came from family based. After, the first set of immigrant gained success in America, they started to send for their families and …show more content…
Many Americans started to lose their jobs and they blamed it on the Chinese. Which was true, Asian people are willing to work twice as hard as an average American for half of what they get paid. These people worked jobs most people wouldn’t dare to do. However, like I mentioned above the U.S started to welcome the Asians because they realize how much of a help they actually were to the economy. The U.S had a higher demand for low-wage skilled workers.
America has made it safe for many people to migrate and seek better opportunity, for people who weren’t allowed to do so in their own country. Immigration isn’t all that bad, without Asian migrating to the U.S there are many things we wouldn’t have, such as railroads that helped connect us from the east to the west. Coming to America gave them the chance to become scientist or engineers which helped them come up with better ideas and inventions to make American better, the world a better

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