HIS2130- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 13 pages long!)
11 Oct 2017
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Chinese immigration to the united states in the 19th century: a historiographical analysis (shellie a. Most european immigrants arrived on the east coast of the north american continent. Asian immigrants sailed primarily into western ports, mainly the coast of the californian republic. Chinese immigrants caused a stir in the immigrant"s agenda as they arrived by the hundreds of thousands to western us within a relatively short period of time. They initially arrived in search of work as gold miners shortly after 1848. Some immigrants were merchants, but most were rural farmers. By 1870, they made up thirty percent of california"s labor force. They received mixed reactions; some american miners saw them as competitions, while others were pleased with the new source of cheap and dependable labor. One of the reasons of their coming is that they fled china in the 1840"s after the sino-british. Opium wars and the unequal treaty of nanking.
