Race and Ethnicity in the United States 10 10 First Wave of Immigration 1820 1880 Gold Rush 1820 1845 325 1852 20 000 in U S almost exclusively in California By 1880 10 of California s population was Chinese In total Between 1849 1880 300 000 immigrated Push Factors Extreme poverty Taiping Rebellion world o 1854 1860 o A variety of civil wars in China one of the bloodiest events in the o 20 million people died many civilians Evidence of the bubonic plague and widespread famine Pull Factors California God Rush of 1849 More than 300 000 people come to the territory in two years not just Chinese o Becomes a state in a mere 2 years o Becomes a free state no slaves that is why there are room for Chinese Credit Ticket System o Pacific Mail Steamship Company Economic opportunities o Miners o Transcontinental railroad o Agriculture o Launderers washed and pressed clothes Because mining is so dangerous theft attacks etc Chinese miners work in teams this also helps them find more gold Culture 77 lived in California Chinatowns where they have to live o Different from ethnic enclaves Deep culture shock o Neighborhoods or districts that the cities and courts tell Chinese o Queue the habit of shaving parts of your head while growing out other parts of your hair very very long Symbolizes that you are a subject of the Qing Dynasty More than 90 men o 1850 San Francisco 4018 men 7 women Cultural practices that keep women in china Its is expensive for them to come over Not many jobs for them in U S Chinese American Associations Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association CCBA Kognsi o 1880s o Legal representation health education job finding funeral services o White people pay for a ticket and get on the trolley and take a tour of Chinatowns Slumming Chinatown Gambling o Fan tan faro lotteries Prostitution Opium
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