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Immigration

•The California Gold Rush era a lot of the Chinese over to America. This grew rapidly fro 450 the first year to 2,716 the next year to 12,000 in the peak year 1852. The Chinese were influences to migrate here because they provided cheap labor. At first the Chinese migrants settled in California, but now you can see Chinese people almost everywhere you go. • The racial slur "chinck" comes from when they worked on the railroads and the sound it made when the hammers hit the railroad ties. • In 1877 there were anti-chinese riots. • There is many different types of visa's that someone needs to aquire before becoming and American citizen. The two main ones are Non-immigrant visa for temporary stay and an immigrant visa for permanent stay. • You have to pass an American citizenship test to become an American citizen, to be honest most American can't even pass this test. •The population grew an estimated 500,000 people from 1984 to 1994 •The hatred of the white workers drove the total Chinese population down to 4,000 by 1853 •The jobs the Chinese got when traveling to America were many opened their own buisness like restaurants and laundry mats while others were cooks peddlers and minors. •Chinese immigration began in 1850. •The Chinese exclusion act was made in 1882 the Chinese were denied naturalization no Chinese were allowed to migrate to the u.s. it was then repealed in 1943. •The Chinese Exclusion Act barred immigration for ten years •the Geary Act 1892 extended it for ten more years •In 1904 the Extension Act made it permanent •Americans thought on the Chinese migrating were they had to be confined to segregated ghettos called china towns and they were over crowded slums. •Chinese immigration started because they were seeking better opportunity as most immigrants who migrate to America are. • The Chinese parents sold their daughters to be prostitutes or slaves if they could not afford to keep them • Chinese people could not testify in court. so that meant that it was open season on the Chinese population. • 6,000 Chinese miners obtained 10 million dollars in gold. • In 1882-1965 only diplomats, merchants, and students and their dependents were allowed to travel to the United States.

Immigration Law: Any Chinese immigrant who has went through the legalization process is considered a U.S. citizen. All Chinese immigrants must go through the legalization process to become and American citizen. Also any Chinese-American who has been living in America for 5 or more years and has made a living is eligible to become an American citizen.

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