2006-10-20 10:49:29 · 4 answers · asked by miles 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
There is lots of history of on Chinese immigrants and the railroad building (links included below).
The Chinese experience in America began with dreams of gold, as legends of instant wealth in California lured hopeful adventurers across the Pacific Ocean. Those dreams soon lost their luster, though; these sojourners found mostly hard times and persecution, and scrambled to survive in a strange country.
Only through decades of struggle, isolation, and slow progress were Chinese Americans able to find a secure place in the life of the nation. Today, though, a new surge of growth and cultural vitality promises to transform the Chinese American community, and to reshape American life for future generations.
2006-10-20 14:23:33 · answer #1 · answered by terryoulboub 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Canada they paid a head tax to get here which the idiot PM just apoligised for . They say that there is one dead China man for every mile of track. They were fundemental and incredible in the buildling of Canada at that time . However considering the time period head taxes and so forth were normal.
It would be nice if the Prime Minister chose to apologise to the Canadian women born here who could not vote but rather watched as Cinese imigrant males who could and did enjoy voting
2006-10-20 18:09:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They were the major labor force in the building of the railroads.
2006-10-20 17:51:26 · answer #3 · answered by Wego The Dog 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WOW THERE WAS ALOT GOING ON WITH THEM ..AS STATED ABOVE THE RAIROADS USED THEM..MANY WERE KILLED,USED AS SLAVES..GOT THE WORLD ADDICTED TO OPIUM AND PUSHED THEM UNDER GROUND..ALOT OWNED LAUNDRY STATIONS TO CATER TO THE RAIL ROAD AND THE BOOM IN THE MID WEST!
2006-10-20 17:56:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋