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San Fransisco Gold Rush
The San Fransisco Gold Rush brought many immigrants to the United States in hopes of getting rich. Many Asian-Americans emigrated to the United States to achieve that goal. -
Removal of Japanese Americans
Following the events of Pearl Harbor, the United States Government ordered the removal of all Asian-American's from the workforce and country -
Internment Camps
From 1942-1946, Internment Camps were run and populated with Japanese Americans; almost all of the prisoners were living on the West Coast. There were about 110,000-120,000 people in the camps. -
McCarron-Walker Act
This act governs immigration and citizenship, and effectively prohibited immigration into the United States unless there were extenuating circumstances (i.e. special skills). -
"Asian-American"
In 1968, the Asian American Political Alliance challenged the phrase "oriental" when describing people of asian decent. Asian American was then created and is still used today to speak about people of Asian decent. -
Third World liberation strikes
Students from multiple eithnic backgrounds led a strike at the University of San Fransisco State and at the University of Cal. Berkley in 1969. They called for development of new ethnic studies classes -
International Hotel
The International Hotel in 1968 was primarily comprised of Filipino residents who had a very strong community presence in the nearby "Chinatown" district. The government ordered for the hotel to be demolished, wish hopes of evivting each of the 196 tennants by that next year. The final tennant was moved out in 1978, ten years after the initial plans to demolish the building, and the building was finally demolished in 1981 -
Investigation into Internment Camps
The Japanese American Citizens League called for an investigation for direct evidence that the Internment Camps were a product of racism by the United States Government. There were no findings that supported this statement -
Recompense
President Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act and apologized on behalf of the United States Government for the maltreatment of the Japanese citizens who were in the camps. He also gave members of the camp (If still alive) or their immediate family $20,000 as an apology as well. -
Immigration Act
The Immigration Act of 1990 increased the number of Asian Americans that were coming to the US by raising the total quota and reorganizing system preferences for certain professional groups. -
Numbers increasing
In this current day and age, most people are accepting, if not at least tolerant, of the Asian American community. In 1960 there were under 500,000 Asian American citizens, but due to the changing of ideals and legislation the number grew to 10.6 million in 2009.