Chinese Exclusion Act Research Paper

The Chinese-Americans struggled the most to achieve equality and opportunity after the immigrating to America. The Chinese immigrated to America as workers. The paying wages in America were 10 times what was considered the norm for wages in China, so they immigrated to America. “After moving to the United states they were treated horribly they were even seen as “racially inferior” by the native born Americans.” (University library open collections program, Chinese exclusion act). The Chinese exclusion act followed in 1992 which was signed by President Chester an Arthur. This act stopped all Chinese immigration for 10 whole years. (University library open collections program, Chinese exclusion act) As if it wasn’t insulting enough for a whole race to be restricted to enter the United …show more content…
“After 10 years came the Geary Act of 1892, which extended the restriction of Chinese immigration. Soon after in 1902 this ban on immigration of Chinese was made permeant.”(University library open collections program, Chinese exclusion act) “The problem that this ban was to solve was to halt the enormous amount of Chinese immigrating to the USA due to the California gold rush which occurred in 1849, and also the building of the transcontinental railroads which spanned from 1864 to 1869.”(University library open collections program, Chinese exclusion act) Working on the railroads was not an easy job; many of the dangers include harsh weather, disease, and occasionally native American attacks. In these periods the amount of immigrants was too large that it only brought forth the effect of the restriction of Chinese immigrants. Eventually after about 570-80 years of restricted immigration the Chinese were finally allowed immigration. (University library open collections program, Chinese exclusion act) But this was only due to the alliance of china and America in WWII. This act was called the Magunus Act. (University library open collections program, Chinese exclusion