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Chinese Immigration
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Leaving China
I am Zin Wang and I want to leave China for several reasons. One reason is to escape poverty and war. Another reason is for land in money and America. One last reason is to escape famine in China. -
Angel Island
March 7, 1880 was the day I traveled through Angel Island to get to America. We were treated very badly at Angel Island. We were held there for weeks and the facility was very overcrowded. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was an act set into place to not allow chinese immigrants to immigrate to the U.S. During this period of time, since I was already in America, I still recieved extreme racism. It was hard to get a job and to mainly od anything. -
Americans kill Chinese
American workers in California were not very fond of the Chinese workers. Several American mine workers came into a mine in 1885 and killed 28 Chinese workers. My boyfriend, that I traveled to America with, died in this accident. I was heartbroken, scared, and I didn't know how to survive. -
Getting a Job
I was so worried now that my boyfriend was dead and I knew I needed to get a job. The area in California was so overcrowded with workers I didn't know where I would get a job. There was extreme racism towards Chinese workers which made it even harder. One option was to work in a mine which was my last option. -
Reasons to Move Northeast
One main reason I want to move to the northeast is to escape racism. Another main reason is to get a job in a better place where there are no mines. I had also lost my boyfriend and I did not see any reasons to stay in the west. -
Bad Living
When I first traveled northeast I did not have a good living environment. I was living in a tenement and working in a sweatshop. I knew I had to get out of here somehow but I didn't know how. -
Nice Factory
After working in a sweatshop for three years, I finally upgraded to nicer working. A very kind late ofund me leaving a sweatshop one day and she said she saw great potential in me. She owned her own factory making clothes and she wanted me to work for her. This is when I knew moving to America was not a mistake. -
Married!
After working in a nice factory for three years and earning a good pay of money, I got married! I married a man name Jim Thompson who was from Ireland. He worked in a mill and I was very happy with him. -
New life in America
Most of my life I regretted moving to America. Now I was living in a nice house with my husband. I had land and a good job. I definitely liked America now.
