Chinese immigration to US

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