ASAMST 20AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: United States V. Wong Kim Ark, Frontier, Page Act Of 1875
11 Oct 2017
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Racial antagonisms divided labor chinese weren"t paid as much because they could not speak english. Anti-chinese agitation by politicians and labor leaders. 1848-1883: california produced of all us gold. 1860: 84% of chinese immigrants worked mining. 1850, raised 1853, and ended in 1870. 1852-1870: million collected; 50% of california state revenues. Chinese were avaricious coolies, immoral and un-assimilable dangerous to the state"s welfare. Because they were sojourners, they should not have same rights as others. Pre-determined who could be a settler or sojourner. Employed racial criteria limiting citizenship to free white persons (wives attached to husband"s status) Greenlight given to commit violence (charles de long killed a # of chinese miners) 1865: 12,000 to 14,000 chinese completed western half. Result: took california out of isolation from national economy. William durant in charge of union pacific rr/eastern half. Financing from public bonds and granting of public lands along the route including mineral rights.
