Chinese Industrial Revolution
Chinese Exclusion Act and Angel Island
- The Chinese Exclusion Act, signed into law on May 6, 1882, by President Chester A. Arthur, because to many Chinese immigrants came into the United States taking American jobs.
- Angel Island was a check point and detention center for immigrants in the early twentieth century.
- Asian and European immigrants were processed at the Angel Island Immigration Station between 1910 and 1940
Where They Inhabited
The Chinese
- In the 1850s, Chinese workers migrated to the United States first to mine in gold mines, but also to take agricultural jobs, and factory work, especially in the garment industry.
- Poor people lived in small houses in cramped streets.
- The houses that the Chinese inhabited, with the poor, were called tenements, or small apartment-like rooms that were often cramped, poorly lit and lacked indoor plumbing and proper ventilation.
- During the end of the Industrial Revolution, the housing conditions became more healthy and livable.
- The Chinese that had came into the United States were originally used for fixing railroads because it was dangerous and they needed work.
Works Cited
- "US History." Economic Growth and the Early Industrial Revolution. N.p.. Web. 6 Dec 2013. <http://www.ushistory.org/us/22a.asp>.
- "about.com." Overview of the Industrial Revolution. N.p.. Web. 6 Dec 2013. <http://americanhistory.about.com/od/industrialrev/a/indrevoverview.htm>.
- "Harvard University Library Open Collections Program." Immigration to the United States. ©2013 The President and Fellows of Harvard College. Web. 6 Dec 2013. <http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/exclusion.html>.
- "© Angel Island Conservancy · Site by HowYouEco." United States Immigration Station (USIS). N.p.. Web. 6 Dec 2013. <http://angelisland.org/history/united-states-immigration-station-usis/>.
- "Angel Island." The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. N.p.. Web. 6 Dec 2013. <http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/immigration-and-migration/timeline-terms/angel-island>.
Chinese Religious and Job Opportunities
- As the numbers of Chinese laborers increased, so did the strength of anti-Chinese sentiment among other workers in the American economy.
- Because the Chinese were a different race than the Americans, they were separated from everyone else.
- The Chinese came to America because they seen an opportunity to work and make a living.
- The Chinese work to support families back home and to pay off the people that shipped them here from China.
- So they have no choice but to work for any job or wage.
- This had finally led to the limitation of Chinese immigrants coming into the United States with the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Chinese Ethnic and Religious Problems
- The chinese were discriminated a lot, based on there race and religious beliefs.
- because the chinese were a different race than americans, they had lower wages compared to the americans.