Futher Investigation of Immigration

Further Investigation of Immigration: Chinese Immigration to the United States

For my further research and investigation of immigration, I chose to read the link called "Chinese Immigration to the United States." What I read about was how after the Civil War, many immigrants had moved over to the United States, around 12 million. This number was larger than the numbers in the 70 years before the Civil War, and 70 years before, most of these immigrants were from Germany, Ireland, England, etc. But after the Civil War, a large amount of Chinese immigrants made their way over to the United States around the start of the California gold rush in 1849 and 1882. This link also further talked about the reasons for why so many Chinese immigrants had made their way over to the United States. Most of the reasons for immigration where to move permanently in the United States, but there were also some that worked in the United States and then went back home with what they earned from their work in the United States. An example given in the link was that the majority of Chinese immigrants were single men who first worked for a while in the US, and then moved back home. Eventually, Chinese immigrants started to establish their own businesses in the States, even though they were first immigrating for the California gold rush. After the gold rush, many Chinese immigrants started to work in agricultural and railroad jobs, as well as more low paying industrial and labour jobs. Then, in 1870, the States went into hard economic times, and other immigrants began to try to get the jobs that were mainly for Chinese immigrants. The competition got fiercer, and this caused there to be dislike, and anti-Chinese riots. This pressure caused the Chinese Exclusion Act to be passed by Congress in 1882. This act ended Chinese immigration for around a century. The two other links I looked at were also related to this topic of Chinese immigrants and the Exclusion act. One of the two links was about William C. Pond explaining Pond's experiences with Chinese immigrants in California, specifically San Francisco. He explains his experiences ministering them and taking part in giving them Sunday services, as well as giving them refuge and teaching them English. The second link was Mary Cone, and her experience with Chinese immigrants in California as well. What she writes about is more of the employment of Chinese immigrants in the States, and how they leveled as workers. She also described their skills as laborers, and their comparison to white workers in the same field.

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