A treaty arrangement with China had been re-negotiated by The Hayes Administration in 1881. Congress was responsive to complaints from California, where most Chinese immigrants had settled. Under the terms of the initial exclusion bill, Chinese workers were to be prohibited from entering the United...
In the first decades of the 20th century, Chinese immigrants continued to work toward greater inclusion in American life. Although the Exclusion Act was still in effect, the law did permit Chinese merchants, diplomats, and students to enter the country. These immigrants were even allowed to bring...
1882– U.S.Chinese Exclusion Actpasses, banning entry of Chinese skilled and unskilled laborers to the United States for 10 years. The Act also prevented the Chinese to become U.S. citizens through the naturalization process extended to other immigrants. Existing Chinese merchants, teachers, studen...
Immigrants from India are now, according to the U.S. Census, the most sucessful demographic group in the country. In revenge, "Asian" students, like Jewish students in the past, have been systematically discriminated against at elite colleges and universities, in violation of anti-discrimination...
as like other immigrants. Instead, they were “sojourners,” individuals who planned to stay in the United States temporarily, just long enough to make enough money to return home and provide economic security for their families back in China. The financial windfall promised from gold mining did...
Starting in 1882, no Chinese laborer could enter the United States—and it was nearly impossible to prove you weren’t a laborer. Only diplomatic officials and officers on business, along with their servants, were considered non-laborers, so the influx of Chinese immigrants came to a near stan...
In an effort to restrict the entry of Chinese immigrants, an act was passed in the Canadian Parliament confining the proportion to one person for every 50 tons of vessel tonnage(船舶的吨数). A head tax was also imposed. Records of those who paid the head tax are still available for ...
In an effort to restrict the entry of Chinese immigrants, an act was passed in the Canadian Parliament confining the proportion to one person for every 50 tons of vessel tonnage(船舶的吨数). A head tax was also imposed. Records of those who paid the head tax are still available for ...
936,955 visits Nast’s Chinese The Magnetic Blaine…by Thomas Nast, 8 May, 1880 Thomas Nast's cartoons of Chinese Americans © Michele Walfred: Illustrating Chinese Exclusion 2014 Follow Blog via Email Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email...
Chinese Immigrants,Chinese Stereotypes,George Frederick Keller,The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp “A Statue for Our Harbor” 1881 February 14, 201414 Comments “A Statue for Our Harbor” 11 November 1881 by George Frederick Keller for the San Francisco Illustrated Wasp ...