The 1882 Exclusion Act prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the country and becoming citizens. It also ushered in the most violent decade in Chinese-American history, with assault, arson and murder becoming ever-present dangers for a people marginali
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The flow of immigration (encouraged by the Burlingame Treaty of 1868) was stopped by the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. This act outlawed all Chinese immigration to the United States and denied citizenship to those already settled in the country. Renewed
Continue reading >>Congress passed the "Geary Act" (Geary Act) mainly as follows: (1) 1882 years Chinese Exclusion Act prohibited Chinese laborers Immigration Act to extend 10 years. (2) the removal of habeas corpus, the Chinese, the Chinese may not apply for bail.
Continue reading >>1860 the Central Pacific Railroad recruited interstate railway construction workers, tens of thousands of laborers were recruited to California. When the Chinese labor becomes a long time, America West's hostility against the Chinese whites deepened, bega
Continue reading >>In 1882 years to 1905 years between, about 10,000 ethnic Chinese in entry refused. They usually apply to the court for habeas corpus, the majority have been granted to allow entry of only a handful of cases will encounter relatively negligent or biased ju
Continue reading >>Huang Jinde (Wong Kim Ark) was born in San Francisco, the parents are legal U.S. residents. His parents in 1890 was returned to China, Huang Jinde subsequently went to China, returned to the U.S., Customs found that he was an American citizen and allow hi
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