Can someone please trace the history of the chinese immigration to California? why did they leave their original homes and why did they settle where they did?
2006-11-30 16:12:04 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
When word of the California Gold Rush reached China's impoverished areas, many adventurous young men left for California. Even though it was hard to leave, they decided to go anyway because they thought they'd be able to become rich and then return to China. They were either looking for gold or hoping to profit from other economic opportunites the gold boom was creating.
2006-11-30 16:16:53 · answer #1 · answered by mm 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Chinese were originally brought to America to participate in the California Gold Rush in 1849. They kept coming, and the Central Pacific Railroad used them to help build the western part of the Transcontinental Railroad through the Sierra Nevada in California. In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was signed in order to stem the wave of Chinese coming into the United States.
According to the article below, most Chinese immigrants came from southern China, which was very poor. Like many other immigrants to the United States, they wanted to start a new life, and the California Gold Rush gave many opportunities to get rich, although few did. Many Chinese settled in and around San Francisco because it was the main point of entry for immigrants on the West Coast, much like New York was on the East Coast.
2006-11-30 16:20:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Chinese had a sojouner mentality: to make more money in the U.S., then they were going to go back home. Most Chinese immigrants settled in the West Coast, especially during the Gold Rush and the making of theTranscontinental Railroad.
2006-12-01 10:24:07 · answer #3 · answered by 3lixir 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first Chinese were brought in to the US to build the railroads. They left China because they had no hope to make anything of them selves in China and there were great famines and governmental problems as well.
Chinese people are all over the US. You would have to ask they why they are there.
2006-11-30 16:25:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-08-14 06:42:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1848 to built the Transcontinental rail road and pan for gold. they wanted better lives for ther families as well.
2006-11-30 16:35:51 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a good question!
2016-09-19 17:27:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They came here to work, live, and raise their families
2006-11-30 16:27:08 · answer #8 · answered by redbass 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad living conditions.It was either stay there and die or come here and possibly die. At least they had hope.
2006-11-30 16:14:25 · answer #9 · answered by Such a Lady!! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋