Chinese Immigrants During The California Gold Rush

Throughout the time of the California Gold Rush, the population of the western states bloomed which encouraged ethnic diversity and cultural spread. One of the different cultural groups were the European immigrants who experience many different experiences compared to the other groups. White settlers and the other people the brought with them were another group that traveled to the West during this time period. Finally, the Chinese immigrants experienced different treatment compared to the other immigration groups. The many groups that migrated to California all experienced different lifestyles and affected other groups of people. The European immigrants were a native group of migrants to California that contributed many different ideas and topics to the people of California. Europeans brought ethnic diversity to California. The migrants found more freedom in America than they experienced in Europe. They faced less prejudice compared to other migrant groups. Many mining communities were more democratic which gave them a sense of freedom that they didn’t encounter in Europe. Thus, the Europeans were treated far better than they were in Europe which could have been the result of the Native Americans decrease. In conclusion, the European brought much cultural diversity to California which

Chinese men traveled to America in hopes of finding a place to create a profit to return back their economic crisis in China. They experienced discrimination from mining areas and other jobs. Chinese immigrants were usually given lower-paying jobs compared to other people. Although, they still contributed hard labor to their menial jobs. However, there hard work ethic caused many Californian cities to flourish. Chinese immigrants had an active role in the creation of many cities, their hard work due to discrimination ultimately helped California in the long