The immigration restriction act of 1901 was put in order due to the great fear of Asian immigrants overrunning the country and would take all the jobs due to the willingness to work for less money than the average Anglo-Saxon worker displacing British culture. In 1901, the immigration restriction (according to source B of
Workplaces. Ethnic discrimination. Anti-Chinese hate groups. The Chinese were more equip at building things so Americans got angry. "
Many Canadian citizens feel that their government betrayed the Chinese immigrants after the completion of the Trans-Canada railway in the late 19th century. However, Christopher Anderson argues in his article “The Senate and the fight against the 1885 Chinese Immigration Act” that the Canadian senate has never given up on the fight for the preservation of rights deserved by Chinese immigrants. In his article, Anderson depicts statistical data and explains legislatures imposed on the Chinese immigrants to strengthen his argument, and then he attempts to gain the reader’s support through employing a series of ethical and emotional strategies. Anderson begins his article by depicting a “full apology” made by the Canadian Prime Minister in hopes of seeking forgiveness for the restrictions imposed on Chinese immigrants.1 By employing this potent ethos statement, Anderson has already attempted to convince his readers about certain mistakes made by
In the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, Chinese people immigrating to Canada were frequently denied the legal rights they deserved. The Chinese people immigrated over to Canada for a means of making money to support their families who were still in China. The Chinese were involved in the British Columbia gold rush and they helped with the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the late 19th century. Between 1881 and 1884 alone, over 15, 000 Chinese immigrated to Canada. Some of the rights violations against the Chinese include being denied the right to vote, paying a head tax upon arrival to Canada, and being given the most dangerous spots on trains.
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 “was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States.” Signed by President Chester A. Arthur, this act allowed a 10 year suspension on labor immigration from the Chinese. This act required that any non-laborers who wanted entry into the U.S. must have certification from the Chinese government in order to immigrate. They found that proving to be non-laborers was very difficult because this act excluded the Chinese who were skilled/unskilled laborers and those who were employed in mining.
Rumors about how the Chinese were barbaric and heathenish. Or about how they got paid more for less work or getting the jobs that white Americans wanted/needed. How about the fact that they were different from the other immigrants because of their religion or schooling methods? However, if the Chinese were barbaric and heathenish, why didn’t they pass the CEA earlier?
The short-term impact within 10 years after the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was passed which led to the Geary Act being passed in 1892. “The law requires all Chinese residents of the United States to carry a resident permit, a sort of internal passport. Failure to carry the permit at all times was punishable by deportation or a year of hard labor.”(DBPedia) And in return within 10 years, the economy had visibly changed after the act was passed because it had affected the Chinese laborers that contributed to the expansion of the railroad industry and led to more discrimination against the Chinese population after the act had passed excluding Chinese people from America even after 10 years. “Republican President Rutherford B. Hayes vetoed the
During the 1920s Acts were passed in order to limit the number of immigrants entering the country. In the Immigration Act of 1924 quotas for foreigners were cut from three percent to two percent. Restrictions were placed due to concerns over recent years of immigrants contributing to the growing crime and urban problems in the country. Also, immigrants were taking American jobs in the cities because they would work for cheaper which also gave another reason for American to try to limit the number of immigrants coming into the country.
The Chinese Exclusion Act was meant to control the chinese from coming in and rules for the ones that were already in the US. The US,”When the exclusion act expired in 1892”(document 3). These four documents showed us that immigration has changed alot over time some positive and negative. These four showed differences in how immigrating was difficult for everyone in some way.
Finally, Congress passed the Immigration Encouragement Act. The third wave of immigration was from 1881 to 1920. Although the Chinese Exclusion Act appeared in 1882, it did not stop the pace of Chinese entering the United States. During this period, the number of immigrants skyrocketed to 23.5 million(Document19). Due to the introduction of child labor by American immigrants, the Polish immigrants in 1908 marked the call for an end to the unfair child labor practices affecting Poles and other immigrant groups in the United States(Document20).In 1907 alone, there were 1.285 million immigrants.
In order to protect the white working class, racial laws were created and directly targeted towards Chinese immigrants to protect their whiteness. Chapter seven explains the new threat of the arrival of Japanese immigrants in California. During the beginning of the anti-Chinese sentiment and white working-class racism, Japanese immigrants were also under the romanticized belief of
In response to the Exclusion Act of 1882, Chinese laborers were forced to adopt new professions in the United States, as their labor services were no longer applicable or beneficial to the American society. The Chinese people began to create businesses profitable in the states; such as, laundromats, Chinese restaurants, and Saloons. These businesses however were not common in their home
Furthermore if the chinese immigrants did not fight for their future back then they wouldn 't have made lives better today, where everyone gets along and treats each other the same. Then again it wasn 't just the immigrants that helped
One of the many results of the Chinese experience was the Chinese Exclusion Act, which
It was a ten year moratorium on Chinese labor immigration. In order to legally immigrate, citizens were required to have certification from the government to prove they were not laborers. The act defined the excludables as skilled and unskilled laborers and Chinese employed in mining. (Chinese
