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Taiping Rebellion
In 1851, the Taiping Rebellion began in China. This caused a widespread of death, destruction, and poverty throughout China. This also pushed more people twoards America to escape the hazardous environment. -
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Dao-Ming Leaves
At age 20, Dao-Ming left his home and had a family of his own. Due to the struggles China was having, Dao-Ming's family was poor and his wife had a low paying job at a factory while he had just lost his job. There was word of a promising land in America, once Dao-Ming saved enough money, he left with his brother to go to America, he found a job at a mine. His wife and child would come in about a year if everything went according to plan. -
Pull To America
In Japan at this time, Japanese people began to come to America to work on sugar plantations. Once this information reached China, Dao-Ming had hoped to find a job in America too. -
Another Push To America
1882 marked the beginning of a drought in China. The ground was cracking and dry. This was not good for crops. Also, the drought made China unsafe to live in. -
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Americans had worried that there would be no jobs because of all the immigrants coming and taking the jobs in America. Since there was so many worries, something unfair was done. In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was created. This law banned Chinese immigrants for ten years. Due to this new law, Dao-Ming's family, who had been planning to come to America now that Dao-Ming had a job and home, were forced to stay in China. Dao-Ming was left alone in America, but he wrote to his family in China. -
Prejudice
In 1885, there was a lot of prejudice against immigrants. This included Chinese immigrants. One day, there was an act of violence. On that day, white workers at Rock Springs refused to work in the same mine as Chinese workers. After that, white men went into ethnic neighborhood and killed 28 Chinese people. One of those people was Dao-Ming's brother, who was the only family member in America. -
The End of The Ban
In 1910, at this time the Chinese Exclusion Act had ended. Then, Chinese immigrants began coming to Ellis Island. This included Dao-Ming's wife and husband who could finally leave China and see him once again.
