The first wave of Chinese immigration was between 1849 to 1882, and 110,000 Chinese immigrants had settled on the west coast of the US, attracted by "Gold Mountain" in California and the large employment of railroad workers (Hsieh). When some anti-immigration acts passed, especially the ...
Chinese Immigration to United States 1800s
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“gold mountain”fortunes and instead faced racist policies—most notably through theChinese Exclusion Act of 1882, thefirst significant law to restrict immigration, which remained in placeuntil 1943. As a matter of survival, Asian immigrants often banded together into communities that grew into China...
During the 20th century Catholics in the United States struggled to find an identity and a place for themselves in American society. In the early part of the century they faced continued hostility from Protestants. A law passed in 1924 limiting immigration from the Catholic countries of Europe wa...
IMMIGRATION WAVES TO THE UNITED STATES Gypsies have come to the United States for reasons similar to those of other immigrants; however, since European powers have tended to oppose Gypsies, this hostility has hastened Gypsy emigrations. According to Sway, "Gypsy deportations from England, France...
The late 1800s and early 1900s was a period of expanding and diversifying immigration to the United States. Prior to that time, the majority of immigrants to the U.S. came from Northwestern Europe, but between 1890 and 1920, most immigrants originated in Southern and Eastern Europe. Predictab...
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The heaviest immigration worldwide took place from the early 1800's to the Great Depression, the economic hard times of the 1930's. In that period, about 60 million people moved to a new land. Most came from Europe. More than half immigrated to the United States. Oth...