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California Gold rush
The California Gold Rush was the main reason for the Asian immigrants to come to the United States. The immigrants came to live in harsh conditions as they were treated differently from the American citizens. -
Jacob Riis
He experienced poverty. He became a police officer who wrote about life in the slums -
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Immigration to the United States of America
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Italian Immigration Begins
This year was said to be the staring point for Italian immigration. The Italians had the fourth largest immigration totals. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first major law that restricted immigration to the United States. It was in response to economic fears, where native-born Americans gave unemployment and declining wages to Chinese workers who was viewed as racially indifferent. -
Hull House Opens
Hull House was founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Star. Hull House was a place to provide the unfortunate immigrants a chance to eat and have their children taken care of while they had rough working conditions. -
Florence Kelley
Florence Kelley helped working conditions and strived to end child labor. She was appointed and became the first woman factory inspector. -
Ellis Island Is Opened
On January 1, 1892 Ellis Island was opened as the spot for immigrants to be processed at. It replaced Castle Garden: a much smaller immigration processing place. It is 3 stories tall and made of wood. -
Ellis Island Burns
On this date, Ellis Island which was made of wood caught fire and burned down. It is reported that there were no deaths. With the burning of the main building, it was rebuilt and was made bigger. -
Dillingham's Commision
The Dillingham Commission was set up by Congress in 1907 and investigated the effects of immigration on the country. Concluded that the major source of immigration had shifted from central, northern and western Europeans to southern Europeans and Russians. -
Angel Island Opens
The largest island in the San Francisco Bay.It processed thousands of immigrants mainly from China and other Asian countries. -
New York
During this time, the population that consisted of immigrants or of children of immigrants were 3/4. -
The Jue family
The Jue Family was a family that originally came to California before the Chinese Exclusion Act. However, Tong Ly Jue went back to his homeland (Canton, China) to marry Jeang Quai Sen. When they came back to California, the people allowed them into the country and was in a group of immigration officials called Chinese herbalists. -
Jue was addmited to the US
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Quota Act
This was also known as the Emergency act. It restricted all immigration to the US. -
National Origins Act of 1929
The National Origins Act of 1929 covered over all immigration to the United States at 150,000 per year and stopped Asian immigration. This was foreshadowed the immigration-restriction acts of the 1920s.
