The Anti- Asian Movement.docx - The Anti- Asian Movement...

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The Anti- Asian Movement
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Exclusion
1. Early Development: Political Campaign from California to
Washington DC
1. Began in California. It began as a free state but created
anti Asian propaganda
2. Asians worked hard in gold mines and developed in
business
3. Wanted to block Chinese immigration. US known for free
immigration. Regulate immigration and block Chinese.
Difficult to regulate at state level.
4. Has to be at the federal level. California tried to have
national campaign to block Chinese.
5. Anson Burlingame and Burlingame Treaty, 1868
6. Page Law, 1875
1. No Chinese and Japanese and Mongolian who
came to this women for the purpose of prostitution
would be allowed to enter.
2. No contract laborers would be allowed
7. Burlingame treaty renegotiated, 1880
1. Made it possible for the US govt to decide
immigration issues
2. Chinese Exclusion
1. PowerPoint
2. Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882
1. Labor excluded for ten years (Any type of living)
2. Alien ineligible for citizenship (other people could