Further Investigation of Immigration

Andreas Cantu
Mr. Roddy
IHSS
12 April 2020
Chinese Immigration 
Between the years 1845 and 1855 the US saw a massive influx of chinese immigrants. This was due to the gold rush in California. Chinese immigrants would leave the friends and family in search of a better life with more opportunities in America, and gold rush gave them their best shot at making it big in America. Although they had hopes to join the gold mining most of them took jobs with coal mining companies for little to no commision. This was huge problem for the immigrants, because it made life in America very difficult. As time went on they had begun opening up small business wherever they could, this helped them integrate their culture into the American culture and help them feel more at home.
The American Robber Barons saw Chinese immigrants as noting but cheap labor. In 1863 The transcontinental railroad began its six year long construction, stretching from Sacramento California to Omaha, as more Chinese people lost out on the gold rush they were pushed to the assembly line of the railroad. It took six years and put them through some of harshest working conditions ever, with minimal compensation to show for it. That was one of the biggest benefits for the Robber Barons, because the Chinese were willing to work for extremely low wages, and the Americans wanted more. The downside to growing Chinese workforce was the constant competing that went on between the Americans and Chinese for jobs. This ushered in a new wave of discrimination towards the Chinese immigrants, and 1882 the Chinese Exclusion act was passed banning Chinese immigrants from entering the US for 10 years. For those that stayed in America they suffered a great deal of discrimination for decades. It's interesting to see how drastically we a nation reacted when groups of people simply worked harder. It can be closely compared to immigration problem we have today concerning Mexican and the amount of jobs they "steal" from Americans. With having passed and exclusion act before I'm curious if it will ever come up again when discussing the current immigration issue. 

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