Chinese Occupations

  Name 3 occupations that the Chinese immigrants turned to.

Gold rush
Transcontinental Railroad
Mining
Farming
Domestic Service

The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882. It was finally repealed by theMagnuson Act on December 17, 1943.

 

How long did the Journey take accross the Pacific from Asia?

3 WEEKS

Pacific Crossings

Starting in 1867, the Pacific Mail Steamship Company established a line from Hong Kong to San Francisco. It carried American merchants, missionaries, and government officials to Asia, but the
company made most of its money ferrying Chinese laborers to and from the United States.

Anna May Wong

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/anna-may-wong-first-asian-american-movie-star-bfnigk/13978/

https://cal170.library.ca.gov/los-angeles-massacre/

The bloody history ofTheLos Angeles Chinese massac

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Chinese Residents Massacred in Los Angeles

                                    Chinese Quarter, Los Angeles [2003-0283], California State Library

One of the largest mass lynchings in the United States targeted Chinese immigrants in Los Angel-Asian violence in the West

One of the largest mass lynchings in the United States targeted Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles.