Chinese Immigrant Research Paper

In the early 1880’s immigrants started to come over to the United States. Immigrants came into the United States for job opportunities, and a better life for there families. Immigrants come from all over the world, such as chinese, Italian, and Russian immigrants. The experiences of Chinese immigrants differed from immigrants from Italy, and Russia. Their experiences differed, because of how they came over to America, where they lived, and jobs.

After the first wave of Chinese immigrants arrived in the United States in the early 1840s during the California Gold Rush, many Chinese people continued to travel across the Pacific, escaping poor conditions in China with hopes and ambitions for a better life in America. Many more Chinese immigrants began arriving into the 1860s on the Pacific coast for work in other areas such as the railroad industry. The immigrants noticed an increasing demand for their labor because of their readiness to work for low wages. Many of those who arrived did not plan to stay long, and therefore there was no push for their naturalization. The immigrants left a country with thousands of years of a “decaying feudal system,” corruption, a growing

Over the past thousand years or so, many immigrants have had countless complications and obstacles while finding their home here in the United States. Migrants tended to have a stigma or stereotype associated with their race, class, or culture. In no way did the United States make it “easy” or “free” whenever the mass of people came to the country. The experiences between the immigration groups of the Chinese, Irish, and Germans over the years show that they have overcome prejudice through their work.

The Lo Wah Kiu were immigrants that came to EEUU before 1965 and Wa Yeoy were after and several laws were changed. This ones, eagerly sought adventures in their progressive relationship with the rest of society, Likewise, the Magnuson Law of 1943, which effectively repealed the Exclusion Law, "only allowed 105 Chinese immigrants per year, reflecting the persistent prejudice against the Chinese in US immigration policy.

Given by the dictionary, liberty is defined as “the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life, behavior, or political views”. In reference to this technical definition, the Chinese immigrant laborers on the construction of the United States’ 1st Transcontinental Railroad primarily sought liberty for themselves since they had the decision to work despite facing national oppression, and it was their own labor that led to the completion of the railroad. In the late 1800s, they never completely overcame the discrimination within American society but occasionally received some credit for their work. Furthermore, it is essential to recognize how government intervention was present, but

The influences that contributed to the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 was nativism and racial prejudice against Chinese immigrants.

Following James K. Polk’s conquest of Texas and California, news of gold in California spread throughout the world— reaching China. As a result, Chinese immigrants arrived to the United States in hopes to find gold, become rich, and eventually return to China. However, the Chinese experience of immigration in the United States proved that the United States was a land of discrimination as Chinese immigrants were assaulted, forced to abandon their culture, and blatantly excluded. After Chinese immigrants arrived in America, they were subjected to racially motivated attacks ranging from persecution to murder. According to Document 3, while the Chinese immigrants aimed to find a job, they were faced with extreme racism as they faced persecution (Document 3).

Around the mid 1800’s we started to see the movement of the Chinese immigrants in the pacific-coast of the united states, more specifically in California. They laid railroad tracks in the west coast and also serviced in mining during the California gold rush. You start to see the success of the Chinese immigrants which encouraged the poor Chinese to come to America. The Chinese started to spread and settle in Oregon as well as in Washington in the 1860’s providing labor for the state’s mines and salmon canneries and also setting up the Northern Pacific Railroad which connected Lake Superior to Tacoma, Washington and also helped build the Seattle to Newcastle railroad.(cite #2) These immigrants were very industrious, willing to work long hours

In China, since the reform and opening-up, there have been two waves of immigration in the last century late 70s and early 90s. With the advent of a new century, China’s economy has come into the phase of rapid development and its informatization construction has been developed at a high speed. Surprisingly, at that time, there is growing the third emigration which is a larger scale one. Among these immigrants, the professional elite and the proportion of affluent people increases year by year.

In 1880, the Hayes Administration authorized a well known U.S. diplomat named James B. Angell. His job was to negotiate and control a new treaty they were planning with China. The treaty was called the Angell Treaty, which permitted the United States to restrict or prohibit Chinese immigration. In 1882, the Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which eliminated the process of immigration of any Chinese laborers, whether it were skilled workers or unskilled workers for 10 years. The Act also required every Chinese person going on a voyage in or out of the country to carry a certificate identifying his or her occupation as a laborer, scholar, diplomat, or merchant. This Act was the first in the whole American history to place broad restrictions

There were many reasons for the Chinese to come to America. Overcrowding, poverty, war, and other catastrophes in China were all reasons (push) for traveling to America, as well as effective external influences. The discovery of gold was a major pull for Chinese peasants in coming to the West Coast. America's labor needs were the most important external catalyst for immigration. However, there were very few ways of traveling to the United States. With loans from the Six Companies, Chinese were able to afford fare to America, and they traveled here to work primarily as gold miners, fishermen, or agricultural workers; later settling into laundry services and restaurant work (Tsai, China overseas 12-13).

American Born Chinese was a book that I would have initially missed reading because it didn’t appeal to me then. However, it wasn’t until the three narratives intertwined at the end that I realized that this was a great read. Jin, Danny, and the Monkey King all have one thing in common; they try to become something they are not, and they lose their sense of identity until the realization of the truth that we cannot fight who we really are. Jin comes to America and desperately tries to fit in with his classmates and assimilate. The Monkey King tried to become something greater than himself, and become an equal with the other deities. Danny is what looks to be a normal high school student, but is plagued by his Chinese cousin’s visits

     The focus of our group project is on Chinese Americans. We studied various aspects of their lives and the preservation of their culture in America. The Chinese American population is continually growing. In fact, in 1990, they were the largest group of Asians in the United States (Min 58). But living in America and adjusting to a new way of life is not easy. Many Chinese Americans have faced and continue to face much conflict between their Chinese and American identities. But many times, as they adapt to this new life, they are also able to preserve their Chinese culture and identity through various ways. We studied these things through the viewing of a movie called Joy Luck Club,

“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.” (-Mark Twain) Being a child of immigrant parents who move to American can be hard. There is a lingering feeling of not feeling like a child belongs. They are stuck in the invisible world between where their parents came from, in this specific case, Asia and where the child lives now. It can be difficult to be raised as an Asian American and learning both culture and traditions. Many Asian American kids end up deviating from the Asian culture and embracing the American culture. However, children of immigrants should embrace their own culture in order to keep traditions alive and be proud of who they are.

The hardship along the way when first made contact was going to be a challenge that they had to face. Majority could not speak English as they were mainly just used as body to work and follow command. As they continue to work, they slowly began to pick up and learn English to be able to communicate. The Chinese immigrant just wanted to work and send money back home to their families, which is a simple mission. But there was tension for the white workers, as they thought the Chinese were coming to take their jobs and their livelihood. This caused violence between the two and discrimination quickly rose (Waxman, Sarah.). So the Chinese people moved from the west to the east were they had more opportunity for works as well as blend into a diverse