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Asian Americans

By mollyweasley

  • First recorded arrival of Asian in the United States.

  • U.S. and China sign first treaty

    U.S. and China sign first treaty

  • Chinese miners arrive in Cal. after gold is discovered

    Chinese miners arrive in Cal. after gold is discovered

  • Over 20,000 Chinese enter California

    Over 20,000 Chinese enter California

  • California passes a law to bar entry of Chinese and "Mongolians."

    California passes a law to bar entry of Chinese and "Mongolians."

    Chinese Exclusion Act
  • California imposes a "police tax"

    California imposes a "police tax"

    $2.50 a month on every Chinese
  • Transcontinental railroad construction begins

    Transcontinental railroad construction begins

    Central Pacific Railroad Co. recruits Chinese workers
  • Two thousand Chinese railroad workers strike for a week.

    Two thousand Chinese railroad workers strike for a week.

  • Completion of first trancontinental railroad.

    Completion of first trancontinental railroad.

  • "Gentlemen's Agreement"

    "Gentlemen's Agreement"

    Japan stops issuing passports to laborers desiring to emigrate to the U.S.
  • Immigration Act denies entry to virtually all Asians.

    Immigration Act denies entry to virtually all Asians.

  • Japanese planes attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

    Japanese planes attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

    United States enters World War II.
  • Japanese Americans forced into camps

    Japanese Americans forced into camps

    President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066 authorizing the secretary of war to delegate a military commander to designate military areas "from which any and all persons may be excluded" - primarily enforced against Japanese Americans.
  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, ushering in nuclear age.

    Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, ushering in nuclear age.

  • Japan surrenders, ending World War II.

    Japan surrenders, ending World War II.

  • Korean War

    Korean War

  • Immigration Law abolishes "national origins"

    Immigration Law abolishes "national origins"

    Asian countries now on an equal footing with others for the first time in U.S. history.
  • More than 130,000 refugees enter the U.S. from Vietnam, Kampuchea, and Laos

    More than 130,000 refugees enter the U.S. from Vietnam, Kampuchea, and Laos

    as Communist governments are established there following the end of the Indochina War
  • President Gerald Ford rescinds Executive Order 9066, 34 years after WWII.

    President Gerald Ford rescinds Executive Order 9066, 34 years after WWII.

  • President George Bush signs into law an entitlement program to pay each surviving Japanese American internee $20,000.

    President George Bush signs into law an entitlement program to pay each surviving Japanese American internee $20,000.

  • Asians surpassed Hispanics as the largest group of new immigrants in the U.S. A

    Asians surpassed Hispanics as the largest group of new immigrants in the U.S. A

    record 18.2 million Asians were recorded to be living in the U.S., making them the fastest-growing racial group in the country.