HIST 114 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Santa Barbara City College, Burlingame Treaty
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1869, when millions of chinese workers found themselves out of jobs: with the gold rush over, the chinese workers wanted other ways to make a living and the railroad was over. A treaty signed a year earlier at this time was fueling the rising chinese community in. United states were allowed to remain as "permanent residents": the burlingame treaty brought an even greater surge in chinese immigration than that caused by the gold rush. In the years between 1860 and 1880 the chinese population during. America tripled to about 100,000: most of the immigrants were once present in california, the new arrivals joined those left unemployed in search of work by the close of the gold rush and the railroad finish. Francisco shoe factory: the article had reported being successful, hard-working, and reliable, sampson decided to hire staff from chinese california, and send them to.