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    Chinese Exclusion Act Essay On September 2nd 1885 in the town of Rock Springs, Wyoming, twenty five Chinese males were murdered. The cause of these murders was at the hand of the miners white colleges. The incident started with a small fight, which lead to a deadly blow to the skull with a pick ax (Rea).The dispute was later broken up, which gave the angry mob time to go get their weapons from home, and they would come back to continue what they had started earlier (Rea). But why did the white…

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    Chinese Exclusion Act The title of the document is the Chinese Exclusion Act of May 6, 1882. The document was written by the federal government of United States, passed by congress and signed by the President Chester A. Arthur. The document was written on 6th of May 1882. Chinese began to emigrate in the year of 1849, and the act was passed in 1882 so, this document was written approximately after 32 years the events described. In 32 years many things changed, the American government felt the…

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    doing. Out of the many groups that came to America the Chinese had it though because American people first ask that they come over to build a railroad but then ask for them to leave once it is done because they are overpopulating. The Chinese Exclusion act made it possible for the Chinese to be sent back to China. Factors that contributed to the Chinese Exclusion Act were based on bringing an end to Chinese coming into America. Many Chinese didn’t fall into this category because they were still…

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    Policies associated with immigration laws stem back in history, as early as 1790. Beginning with the Naturalization Act of 1790, as the first statute that imposed regulations on citizenship. The Act included criteria, such as two years of residency, good behavior and allegiance to the United States. Notwithstanding, those excluded from citizenship included blacks and children of fathers not born in the U.S. Inevitably, this representation of segregation took part in the restructuring of…

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    Four years before the Geary Act extended the Chinese Exclusion ACT; Congress passed the Scott Act banning Chinese immigrants from returning to the U.S. after they left (Rowen, 2000-2016). In 1943, fifty-one years later, the Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed allowing Chinese workers to immigrate to the U.S. but an annual quota of 105 was implemented (Rowen, 2000-2016). By 1892 the number of immigrants…

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    Angel Island isn’t exactly a world-famous monument such as Alcatraz, so it attracts more local people from the Bay Area than tourists from out of the area. Also, Angel Island has deep roots in Asian-American history in the Bay Area because many Chinese migrants who passed through the station to immigrate to America still live here…

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    The discrimination would include laws passed, like the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and Immigration Act of 1921 and 1924. Over this period the American people showed just how much of the country was nativism during this time. The immigrants that came here during this time came from many places like, Eastern and Southern European…

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    From 1865 to 1900, America was paving the way for industrialization. The country had built and invented more than anyone had thought possible. However, this time in history was known as the “Gilded Age”. The thought of going to an American city, getting a job, and getting paid was ideal to most outsiders. The problem was once they arrived and found a job, it was not as wonderful as it seemed . It was called the Gilded Age because, from the outside, everything looked wonderful, but on the inside…

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    1870s and early 1900s the Gilded Age. Twain gave this era such a name because this time period displayed American civilization to be cheap and flawed at its core. Although the economy was revolutionized, the abysmal conditions of workers, the social exclusion of immigrants, and the corrupt nature of politics proved Twain’s name for the time period to be appropriate. The horrendous conditions of workers displayed how “gilded” America…

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    as the stoical Chinaman.” This written in response to the Chinese Exclusion Act changing the demographics of the labor force. This ideal of one race being superior or having better suitability for an undesirable job, to begin with, illustrates that in the early 19th century, even the international affairs of the national state would not inhibit the racial stratification with local industries. While the nation worked to exclude future Chinese immigrants, employers saw the reduction would force…

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