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Do Now . Complete the Do Now worksheet. If you finish, SSR. 2 minute Partner S hare Review as a class. Chinese Immigration. Chinese man working on the railroad. Between 1851 and 1882, about 300,000 Chinese arrived on the West Coast Travel by ship could take up to 3 weeks

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  1. Do Now • Complete the Do Now worksheet. If you finish, SSR. • 2 minute Partner Share • Review as a class

  2. ChineseImmigration Chinese man working on the railroad • Between 1851 and 1882, about 300,000 Chinese arrived on the West Coast • Travel by ship could take up to 3 weeks • Often forced to travel in steerage and sleep on louse-infested beds • Caused the spread of sickness and disease

  3. Chinese Immigration Immigration factors: • Poverty in China • Social unrest in China caused by British imperialism and the Industrial Revolution • Gold Rush • Work on American railroads • Farming opportunities in America • Work as domestic servants in America Why do you believe that they faced more discrimination than fellow immigrants?

  4. Nativism • Anti-Chinese feeling caused by growing nativism • Many nativists believed that Anglo-Saxons (ancestors of the English) were superior to all other ethnic groups • Therefore, nativists preferred immigrants from Europe to those from Asia and North and South America • Often, religious beliefs were more important to nativists than ethnicity

  5. Newspaper writer reporting from San Francisco in 1879 on the dangers of Chinese immigrants.

  6. Chinese Exclusion Act • The depression of 1873 intensified anti-Chinese sentiment • Work was scarce • Labor groups put pressure on the government to restrict Asian immigration • Congress passed this act in 1882 • Banned entrance to all Chinese except students, teachers, merchants, tourists and government officials • This law was not repealed until 1943https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWIAv7yTqLE&feature=related

  7. Japanese Immigration • In 1884, the Japanese government allowed Hawaiian planters to recruit Japanese workers • The U.S. annexation of Hawaii in 1898 increased Japanese immigration to the west coast • By 1920, more than 200,000 Japanese lived on the west coast

  8. Gentlemen’s Agreement • Same fears that led to anti-Chinese reactions extended to Japanese and other Asian immigrants • In 1906, the local school board in San Francisco, California segregated Japanese children by putting them in completely separate schools • The Japanese were outraged and protested

  9. Gentlemen’s Agreement • President Theodore Roosevelt made this informal compromise from 1907-1908. • In this compromise, Japan agreed to limit the number of unskilled workers that immigrated to the United States if school segregation was eliminated. • Women and children could still immigrate freely • Led to “picture brides”

  10. Partner Work • These are primary documents from the United States Department of Commerce and Labor Immigration Service for the Hong Sling family • (1) Read the application and answer the questions (10 minutes) • (2) Read the interview between Hong Sling and Immigration Inspector Howard D. Ebey and answer the questions (25 minutes) • (3) Read Inspector Ebey’s Recommendation (10 minutes)

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