1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
11Alexandr11 [23.1K]
3 years ago
13

What best explains why the US government placed restrictions on Asia immigration through Angel Island

History
1 answer:
jenyasd209 [6]3 years ago
8 0

The first Chinese entered California in 1848, and within a few years, thousands more came, lured by the promise of Gam Sann or “Gold Mountain”. Soon, discriminatory legislation forced them out of the gold fields and into low-paying, menial jobs. They laid tracks for the Central Pacific Railroad, reclaimed swamp land in the Sacramento delta, developed shrimp and abalone fisheries, and provided cheap labor wherever there was work no other group wanted or needed.

During the 1870s, an economic downturn resulted in serious unemployment problems and led to politically motivated outcries against immigrants who would work for low wages. In reaction to states starting to pass immigration laws, the federal government asserted its authority to control immigration and passed the first immigration law in 1882. The Exclusion Acts, a series of restrictive laws prohibiting immigration, specifically targeted Chinese immigrants. Subsequent immigration laws were eventually consolidated under the Immigration Act of 1924,  effecting certain nationalities and social classes of Asian immigrants.

Surrounded by public controversy from its inception, the station was finally put into operation in 1910. Immigrants arrived from approximately 84 different countries, with Chinese immigrants constituting the single largest ethnic group entering at San Francisco until 1915, when Japanese outnumbered the Chinese for the first time. Widely known as the “Ellis Island of the West” the station differed from Ellis Island in one important respect – the majority of immigrants processed on Angel Island were from Asian countries, specifically China, Japan, Russia and South Asia (in that order). Dubbed as the “Guardian of the Western Gate,” by its staff, this facility was built to help keep Chinese and eventually other Asian immigrants out of the country

You might be interested in
Pls answer ASAP I need this for my history class
Studentka2010 [4]
Skim through the story it should be there or look up the question
8 0
3 years ago
How U.S. influence was evident in both Japan and West Germany after World War 2
Alex Ar [27]

They had signed a treaty. However they did very little to act in concert with one another during the war. Each country had different goals that did not mesh well enough to force them both to come together in formulating a combined strategy. They were referred to as the Axis Powers.

3 0
3 years ago
Was hitler the main reason why the nazis came to power in Germany in 1933 ?
ratelena [41]

Answer:

Yes

Explanation:

Hitler's party ascended to power quickly. Before the Great Depression, the Nazis were almost unknown, receiving only 3% of the vote in elections to the Reichstag (German parliament) in 1924. The Nazis received 33% of the vote in the 1932 elections, more than almost any other party. Hitler was chosen chancellor, or head of the German government, in January 1933, and many Germans believed they had discovered a savior for their country. When he came into power, he made sure that there was enough propaganda throughout Germany so that he could have support for the upcoming wars/captures. He wanted more men to enlist in the army , since Germany's Army was shrunk by a very high amount of number, and he recreated and reintroduced the German Air Force, whose service was banned under the Treaty of Versailles after WW1. He introduced the Luftwaffe Air Squadron, which would serve in the German Navy and Air Force. This all led Germany to become stronger than ever and capture more than 30 countries/territories of occupations.

<u>Not - </u>

The reason we could also say Hitler wasn't the reason Nazis rose to power was due to Joseph Goebbels. Joseph Goebbels was crucial in the Nazis' use of propaganda to boost their appeal. In 1924, Goebbels decided to join the Nazi Party and was appointed Gauleiter of Berlin in 1926. To reach as many people as possible, Goebbels employed a combination of modern media, including as films and radio, and conventional campaigning methods, such as posters and newspapers. Through this strategy, he began to construct an image of Hitler as the strong, stable leader that Germany required to re-emerge as a great force.

<u><em>Thank You! Please Mark Brainliest! </em></u>:)

4 0
2 years ago
Why was president wilson unable to persuade america to join the league of nations?
RSB [31]

President Wilson was unable to persuade America to join the League of Nations, because the US people don’t want to take part with the treaty process, for they believed in independence. The democrats disparate the idea of Wilson. He suffered from stroke and had to stop his crusade for the League.

3 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
What was the race relationships in the early years of Vancouver
Vlad [161]

Hamilton's next objective was to create a Bank of the United States, modeled after the Bank of England. A national bank would collect taxes, hold government funds, and make loans to the government and borrowers. One criticism directed against the bank was "unrepublican"--it would encourage speculation and corruption. The bank was also opposed on constitutional grounds. Adopting a position known as "strict constructionism," Thomas Jefferson and James Madison charged that a national bank was unconstitutional since the Constitution did not specifically give Congress the power to create a bank.

Hamilton responded to the charge that a bank was unconstitutional by formulating the doctrine of "implied powers." He argued that Congress had the power to create a bank because the Constitution granted the federal government authority to do anything "necessary and proper" to carry out its constitutional functions (in this case its fiscal duties).

In 1791, Congress passed a bill creating a national bank for a term of 20 years, leaving the question of the bank's constitutionality up to President Washington. The president reluctantly decided to sign the measure out of a conviction that a bank was necessary for the nation's financial well-being.

8 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • What are the two first cities developed in the indus river valley? who developed these cities?
    13·1 answer
  • What main reason Congress initially refused to annex texas is supported by the information on this map?
    15·1 answer
  • What are the fellaheen?
    11·1 answer
  • The revolts of 1830 and 1848 did not involve Spain. T F
    9·2 answers
  • How did railroad companies help to encourage settlement of the Great Plains? What other human geographic factors affected settle
    8·1 answer
  • why might the executive director of the Sierra club have described the discion to remove endangered species protections for yell
    11·1 answer
  • Jefferson’s belief that the government can do only what the Constitution specifically states is known as
    10·2 answers
  • Using the images above, identify the author’s point of view concerning nationalism?
    6·1 answer
  • Can someone please help me????​
    10·2 answers
  • Read the following excerpt from this speech by President Eisenhower. "You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the firs
    9·2 answers
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!