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Angel Island and Chinese Immigration
Describe the changing landscape, including the growth of cities linked by industry and trade, and the development of cities divided according to race,
ethnicity, and class.
1. What does this quote tell you about Chinese immigration?
� “When we first came, we went to the administration building for the physical examination. The doctor told us to take off everything. Really though, it was humiliating. The Chinese never expose themselves like that. They checked you and checked you. We never got used to that kind of thing—and in front of whites.”
-- Mr. Lee, quote in Him Mark Lai et al, Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1980
U.S. Immigration: 1820-1895
New vocab words:
� Race: A socially defined
population based on visible,
genetically transmitted physical
characteristics
� Melting Pot: A place where
cultures blend
(ASSIMILATED)
How might Nativists view Chinese Immigrants differently from European Immigrants?
European Family Chinese Family
Compare and Contrast:European Immigration Asian Immigration
Buddy Buzz: Share with your
neighbor both similarities and
differences.
Angel Island (San Francisco Bay):
� Chinese immigrants
� Came for mining and
railroad jobs
Poetry
Transcontinental Railroad
� The Central Pacific
recruited many
Chinese workers, but
paid them less than
white workers
Primary Source Quote
� “Swinging near the cliff, Ah Goong… dug
holes, then inserted gunpowder and
fuses… He struck match after match and
dropped the burnt matches over the sides.
At last in his fuse caught; he waved, and
the men above pulled hand over hand
hauling him up, pulleys creaking”
-Maxine Hong Kingston, China Men
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
� Prohibits Chinese
laborers from
immigrating
� Chinese could not
become citizens
� First time immigration
restricted based on
race
What do you see?
� What is the
message of this
advertisement?
� Chinese
Laundries were
common on the
West Coast.
What do you see?
Anti-Immigration Feelings for other Immigrants
� Mexicans came for
jobs. Faced similar
prejudices but not to
the same degree.
� Anti-Immigration
feelings towards Irish
as well.
Assimilation?
�Assimilation: The absorption of people into the dominant culture; also called Americanization
�Americanization was?
�In the early 1900's, "Americanization" referred to the movement where immigrants were developed into Americans, e.g., schools, settlement houses, English classes.
Use textbook to answer questions (pages 597-598 and 641-645):
1. Why did the Chinese first come to the U.S. (push/pull
factors)? Where did they go?
2. What was the Chinese Exclusion Act? Why was it
passed?
3. What was Angel Island and where is it located? What
year did Asians begin to land on Angel Island?
4. How was it similar or different from Ellis Island?
5. Why did Mexicans immigrate to the U.S. (push/pull
factors)?
6. What types of racism did immigrants face?
Exit Card
� Your Name
� 2 things you learned
today
� 1 thing you still have a
question about