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Why did Chinese people immigrate to US in 1850s (same reason as Americans moving west)
Gold Rush
governor that declared chinese "danger to welfare"
John Bigler
True or False: Chinese miners had half their wages taken
True
True or False: many Chinese people were murdered without cases being brought to justice
True
phrase meaning no chance at all due to atrociites against Chinese
Chinaman's church
Were Chinese, native Americans, or black people allowed to testify against white people?
No
Most chinese people fled to China or..
Chinatown
new opporutnity for Chinese workers to build this railroad
the transcontinental railroad
act allowing central Pacific and UNion Pacific to construct a railroad going from coast to coast
Pacific Railraod Act
owner of Central Pacific that hired Chinese workers to lay track through mountains
Charles Crocker
Were Chinese people acknowledged for helping with the railraod?
No
man who blamed Chinese for unemployment, Irish immigrant, leader of Workingman's Party?
Dennis Kearney
braids of hair Chinese people often wore, ordered to be shaved off
queues
Were Chinese people segregated?
Yes
act designed to stop chinese immigration to Us, first law excluding immigrants from ethnic group, allowed teachers, immigrants from ethnic group, allowed teachers, student, merchants, people relatedtto US citizens to immigrate lifted 1943
Chinese Exclusion Act
place where Chinese immigrants were processed
Angel Island