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The first wave
Asians started immigrating to Hawai'i and to America from China, Japan, Korea. But were not outwardly welcome with open arms. -
Gold Rush
Asian Americans flooded into California in the late 1800's in hopes of sending back wealth to their families in their home countries. By this point Asians were becoming heavily demanded workers across the United States because again; they were cheap labor and were highly sought after to work in mines and factories. -
The Page Act
This was one of the first immigration laws to be put in place and it started by not allowing female asians to immigrate to America because they were seen as women who would practice prostitution. This law made it harder for men to immigrate because their families could not come with them. -
Cheap labor
Japanese were seeking refuge from the imperialism in Japan by seeking work in Hawai'i and were popularly contracted out for cheap labor workers. -
Rock Springs Massacre
In Wyoming, White Miners came in the middle of the night and burned down 78 homes that belonged to Asian miners resulting in 28 Chinese dying and 15 being injured. These two races worked along side of each other in the mines but the White miners were not happy with the fact that they had to work with asians because they were taking jobs from them because the Chinese were willing to do the same job for cheaper money. -
The Geary Act
this act was an extension of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Saying that Chinese men need more requirements in order to immigrate to America and if they decided to leave and try to come back there would be penalties. -
Asian Exclusion League
This league was formed with the main purpose to discriminate against Asians living in the western countries. Their main goal was to try and prevent Asians from immigrating to the United States and Canada. -
The first concentration camp
in 1942 when World War II was at its peak the Asian immigrants that lived in California were seen as spies and were promptly put into concentration camps. approximately 110,000 immigrants were held there. -
Magnuson Act
This act was put in place two years after the World War II ended and it allowed Chinese immigration to be allowed into the United States again. Though this act had many restrictions it was a step in the right direction. -
War Brides Act
This act was put in place because most of the soldier who came back were marrying Asian women across the seas and were not able to bring them back to America. This act allowed them to come back as well as adopted children and asian families. -
Citizenship
This was when asians were allowed the opportunity to become citizens of the United States. -
Walter-McCarren Act
Nulified all of the anti-asian exclusion laws. allowing Asians to be naturalized. -
Immigration Act
This act took place of the immigration act that was set int stone in 1924 making it much easier for Asians to immigrate to America. Which led to the asian demographic to change dramatically. -
Immigration and Nationality Act
This act got rid of any quotas that were needed for Asians to immigrate and helped get rid of any discrimination.