ASAMST 20A Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Geary Act, Cockstock Incident, Page Act Of 1875
6 Dec 2018
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Internal government (chinese 6 companies) regulated all transactions within the chinese community. Mu tsai: indentured at a very young age to a chinese merchant family. Cameron house: encourages chinese americans to participate in and contribute to healthy societies. Prohibited chinese laborers abroad or planned future travelers from returning. Decline in legal chinese entries into the us. Exempt groups entering (scholars, merchants, professionals and diplomats) Litigation: the process of taking legal action. Fong yue ting(1893): court case challenging geary act. Paper sons/daughters: people who illegally immigrate to the us by forging papers stating that they had blood relatives in the united states. Wong kim ark (1889): court case that ruled that child born in the us to chinese parents is still considered a citizen. 1905 boycott: boycott of american goods in china. Compromise: chinese exclusion and denial of naturalization. Emergence of divide over chinese immigration between. Ease in travel and transport of goods. 1868-1893: cost of transporting good reduced 400%
