all the jobs because they did not require much. Secondly, chinese immigrants especially face opposition when the U.S. congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act; according to the text, “[The Chinese Exclusion Act] banned all chinese people from entering the United States for 10 years” (Deverell and White 641). This quote shows that there was definitely opposition to immigrants, chinese in particular, enough opposition for congress to pass an act banning some immigration. Even though immigrants faced
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was a law that was passed that aimed for the Chinese Immigrant laborers. It stopped any future immigration from China for 10 years. Thus making the Chinese that were already living in the United States, permanent aliens by denying them the right to gain citizenship. The purpose of Saum Song Bo’s letter was to speak for his countrymen of how they felt about the irony and injustice of Americans asking them for donations for the “Pedestal Fund of the Bartholdi Statue
racial discrimination and cultural divides of the past. A specific group of immigrants that contributed to the Canadian identity were the Chinese, which were the main contributors to the Canadian Pacific Railway, a significant part of Canada as this railway created the connection between the East and West Coast of Canada. However, the accomplishments of the Chinese and their contributions to the railway created an image that Canadians were welcoming to immigrant workers, which was not the case. In this
Chinese immigrants weren’t permanent because men weren’t allowed to bring families here and weren’t allowed to marry white women because laws were put in place preventing them form becoming citizens. The Chinese women had to stay back home in China and only the men were allowed to come to America. The end goal for Chinese men was to earn money and go back to China to return to their families. They came to America