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Over 10 million immigrants came to the United States
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Chinese laborers had been tolerated , eventually workers grew less tolerant. Mobs attacked the Chinese, burning property and killing some.
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Congress passed Chinese Exclusion Act, which denied citizenship to people born in China and prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers. Act passed made conditions worse for Chinese Americans
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about 12 million immigrants arrived on U.S shore.
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A lot of immigrants saw the island as they were arriving. The Statue of Liberty was a symbol of hope for many of the immigrants.
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Was the extention of the Chinese Exclusion act.
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Founded by wealthy Bostonians, purpose was to impose a literacy test on all immigrants. Congress passed it, but President Grover Cleveland vetoed it.. Congress tried several times after that but still failed.
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Restrictions were made. Chinese were required to obtain certificate of residence.
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Thousands of African Americans moved northward to escape discrimination and conflicts with living and working conditions
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Most brutal wartime racial incident. White rioters marched through African Americans neighborhoods. About 39 African Americans were killed.