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The Impact of the Chinese Community During the California Gold Rush

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This exploration delves into the experiences of the Chinese who arrived during the California Gold Rush of 1849. As 20% of miners came from diverse backgrounds, Chinese immigrants faced unique challenges, including discrimination and taxation. Despite significant contributions in sectors like agriculture, railroads, and urban industries, they experienced segregation and organized crime. The establishment of Chinatowns and self-help associations showcases their resilience. This era highlights the complexity of immigration, labor, and social dynamics in post-Civil War America.

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The Impact of the Chinese Community During the California Gold Rush

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  1. CHAP. 3 CHINESE

  2. PRE 1850

  3. Gold rush • Gold, 1848 • 49ERS

  4. MINERS • Chinese • Reaction • Discrimination • Tax

  5. FIGURE 14.2 Where the Forty-Niners Came From Americans drawn to the California Gold Rush of 1849 encountered a more diverse population than most had previously known. Nearly as novel to them as the 20 percent from foreign countries, was the regional variety from within the United States itself.

  6. Profits –

  7. RAIL • Central Pacific

  8. Pay • Work

  9. FARMING • 1880: most of workers • Infrastructure • Ah Bing • LueGim Gong

  10. URBAN • Cities • Factories • Many in West

  11. Chinese workers, owners • Cigars, boots • Fishing, lumber • Declined

  12. CHINATOWN • “Dai Fou” • 1870: every CA county

  13. Segregation • Public services • Ventura, 1860’s • Fire Dept.

  14. Community • Shops, restaurants • Stores • Unique • Social

  15. LAUNDRY • American dev. • Necessity • Easy

  16. SELF-HELP • Associations • Chinese Six • Welfare

  17. TONGS • Associations • Organized crime

  18. PROSTITUTION • Male/female % • Chinese girls • 1870: 60% • Conditions? • Status?

  19. Donaldina Cameron • 3000 girls

  20. BEYOND CA • Post Civil War • South • N.E.

  21. DISCRIMINATION • Social • Violence • Political • Laws • 1882

  22. P.T. Barnum, 1850

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