California Process of Western Expansion Mexican American War 1846 1848 Manifest Destiny God given right to expand Impact of Western Expansion Impact of Gold Rush Squatters Push Pull Factors for Asian Immigrants to California Push Factors Pull Factors Features of the Various Immigrant Groups Chinese Mexican Japanese America acquired Texas Arizona New Mexico and California Americans expanded westward Excuse for starting Mexican American War and taking Mexico s land America acquired more land Discovery of Gold Gold Rush Immigrants enter America mostly from Asia Overall population increased drastically Huge waves of Chinese immigrant into U S Americans move family out west in search for GOLD Kicked out Californos original Californian Mexicans and threaten their safety Opium Wars Europeans pushing in China s borders forcefully trying to sell opium England takes Hong Kong Chinese Government very weak Bubonic plague reaches China Chinese escapes to closer countries like Thailand Vietnam and Hawaii Chinese seek gold in California Mostly men Sojourners some planned on going back to China to be with family Men were identified by queues pig tails in hair Queues showed loyalty to Chinese Empire Common Jobs railroads laundry service restaurants and opium industry Faced heavy discrimination Mostly migrant workers Consisted of families Treated as servants and stereotyped Faced extreme discrimination during WWII Sent to internment camps still had positive attitudes Korean Vietnamese Impact of Great Depression WWII and Cold War Great Depression Impact of WWII Impact of the Cold Debate over English Language Proposition 63 1986 Proposition 227 1998 Boat People Bracero Program California Demographics Generally California Population 2010 Census White Anglo Hispanic or Latino Asian Black Multi race Native American Hawaiian Pacific Islander Other California Indian Tribes Cesar Chavez Immigrants entered American during and after WWII Few jobs for immigrant groups Japanese received a lot of discrimination for attacking Pearl Harbor Executive Order 9066 Japanese forced into internment camps for the duration of the war Immigration policy more lenient Chinese Exclusion Act repealed 1943 5000 Chinese flee Communist Revolution in China 1949 Refugee Relief Act 1953 California got a lot of immigrants from Vietnam and Korea trying to escape war English as official state language Passed 73 to 27 English language in education Passed 61 to 39 People who fled from Vietnam in fishing boats Most went to Thailand Many deaths on the journey was a series of laws and diplomatic agreements initiated by an August 1942 exchange of diplomatic notes between the U S and Mexico for the importation of temporary contract laborers from Mexico to the U S 40 1 37 6 12 8 5 8 2 6 4 3 2 Tribes traveled to California after the Ice Age Fishing was main industry American farmworker Labor leader and Civil Rights Activist Chinese Exclusion Act 1882 Gam Saan Gentleman s Agreement 1907 Japanese Internment Japanese Military Participation in WWII Pearl Harbor Bombing 1941 Japanese Internment Japanese Military Participation in WWII Koremasu vs U S 1943 and 1983 Majority Minority Population Minority Majority Population Marijuana and Opium Migrant Farmworker Movement Co founded the National Farmworkers Association with Dolores Huerta Immigrants prohibited from entering U S 1st time U S passes racial exclusion law Means gold Mountain in Chinese Chinese drawn to gold mining Book call Gold Mountain Rush By 1882 25 000 Chinese in California Informal agreement between the U S and Japan U S wouldn t impose restriction on Japanese immigration Japan wouldn t allow further emigration to the U S Goal was to reduce tension between the two Ended by the immigration Act of 1924 Japan bombed U S Naval base in Hawaii Japanese received heavy discrimination after Pearl Harbor bombing Executive Order 9066 Japanese ordered to internment camps until the end of the war NO internment camps in Hawaii Japanese dealt with internment camps to show loyalty to America Japanese signed up to fight in WWII to show loyalty Clear division between Japanese from internment camps and Japanese in Hawaii Supreme Court case that challenged the constitutionality of internment camps Korematsu lost in 1943 Case brought back in 1983 Japanese won Survivors of internment camps received 20 000 White Americans are minority in California Hispanics have majority in California Weed was made illegal because the Mexicans misbehaved and didn t do what the white Americans told them to do Marijuana Tax Act was a result of the misbehaving Chinese took a liking to Opium after it was introduced and forced into China by the British during the Opium War Labor union movement which sought workers Grape Strikes in California Model Minority Refugee Relief Act 1953 Italian Greeks Dutch Other immigrants from various Communist countries Refugees Six Companies 1890 1943 Sojourners Stoop Labor Mexican Americans Tongs Vaqueros Yellow Peril rights for farmworkers Led by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta workers refused to work in grape fields Workers demanded fair rights respect better work conditions and better pay A minority group whose members that have attained a higher socioeconomic level and status than the average general population Asians have a higher education and was able to assimilate faster than any minority group Admission of 214 000 immigrants to the U S 60 000 17 000 17 000 45 000 People fleeing persecution that have a fear of their lives to stay back in their hometowns Ended in 1956 Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association Face and voice to Chinese community Assimilated Become more Americanized less Asian more professional business Chinese immigrants didn t plan on staying in America Few Chinese made enough money to go back home or bring their family to America Agricultural labor and farming cash crops Had to crouch down and bend their backs Back breaking Hard Labor Excessive poverty and usually a lack of education Chinese gangs mafia Portray to kidnap white women and sell them into slavery NOT TRUE Involved in Prostitution Spanish Mexican cowboys Originated in Spain Brought ranching lifestyle to America High status freedom and independent lifestyle Dealt with animals and agriculture Stereotype of Asians mortal danger to the rest of the world 1871 Massacre Zoot Suit Riots Florida General History of Cuban Americans Cubans in Florida Old Cuba before Castro New Cuba during Castro Impact of Spanish
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