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Gold Rush
Chinese people migrated to the American West coast during the period of the gold rush to work in the gold mines and railroads. -
Law discriminating chinese
The California Supreme Court case ruled that the testimony of a Chinese man who witnessed a murder by a white man was inadmissible. -
Yung Wing
Yung Wing was the first Asian to be graduated from Yale University. -
Tax for Chinese
California imposes a tax only for chinese men. -
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Transcontinental Railroad
Chinese railroad workers memorialMany Chinese are recruited to build the first transcontinental Railroad in United States of America. The harsh conditions of working killed many of them. -
Trascontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental Railroad is completed. -
Fourteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment gives full citizenship to every baby born in the U.S., regardless of race. -
San Francisco Riot
The San Francisco riot of 1877 was a two day pogrom waged against Chinese immigrants in San Francisco by the city's majority white population. The ethnic violence which swept Chinatown resulted in four deaths and the destruction of more than $100,000 worth of property belonging to the city's Chinese immigrant population. -
Naturalized citizenchip
Chinese are ruled ineligible for naturalized citizenship. -
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Yellow Peril
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Exclusion Act
The Chinese exclusion act prohibits Chinese to immigrate to the United states for 10 years. -
Vincent Chin's murder
Vincent Chin, a Chinese American, was beaten to death. His murder became a rally point for Asian Americans. Vincent Chin's murder is often considered the beginning of a pan-ethnic Asian American movement. -
Rock Springs Massacre
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Angel Island
Angel Island in San Francisco Bay opens as the major station for as many as 175,000 Chinese and 60,000 Japanese immigrants. -
Purchasing lang forbidden for japanese
California bans Japanese immigrants from purchasing land. -
Immigration act
United States Immigration Act of 1924 banned most immigration from Asia. -
Japanese Navy attack Pearl Harbor
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Executive Order
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066 uprooting 100,000 people of Japanese birth or descent on the west coast to be sent to Internment camps. -
First Asian American to play in NBA
Wataru Misaka was the first player American of Asian descent to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), -
first Asian to be elected for Congress : Dalip Singh Saund
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Delano grape strike
A group of mostly Filipino farm workers go on strike against growers of table grapes in California. A strike which became known as the famous Delano grape strike. They were led by the famous Asian American activists and labor organizers Philip Vera Cruz and Larry Itliong. -
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Asian American Jazz.
Asian American JazzA new distinct genre of music is created : Asian American Jazz. A musical movement based on it is launched. -
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians
Congress creates Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians to investigate internment of Japanese Americans; in 1983 it reports Japanese American internment was not a national security necessity -
Vincent Chin's murder
Vincent Chin, a Chinese American, was beaten to death. His murder became a rally point for Asian Americans. Vincent Chin's murder is often considered the beginning of a pan-ethnic Asian American movement. -
Civil Liberties Act of 1988
President Ronald Reagan signs Civil Liberties Act of 1988 apologizing for Japanese American internment and provide reparations of $20,000 to each victim.
