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]
2 years ago
13

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

History
1 answer:
jenyasd209 [6]2 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
1) What was different about China than other places in Afro Eurasia?
Klio2033 [76]

Answer:

FICK. MEEEE

Explanation:

WTYWYWGWVSVVSSNWUWIWIWIWEIEIEIDJNSNANN

3 0
3 years ago
Between the years 2007 and 2014, the number of terrorist groups active in the world almost doubled. During that same period, the
Alinara [238K]
What is the question
3 0
3 years ago
How did the debate over the bill of rights influence the rights that were finally included in these ten amendments?
lidiya [134]
The debate was about a strong national government versus basic civil liberties. If it hadn't been for the debates on the amendments, who knows what would've been added and what not. Thanks to the debates, things like the right to bear arms and the right to refuse to give your home to the army were added, as well as things like the states having the right to decide things that are not decided by the congress.
4 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
What did nelson mandela do to help build democracy in south africa?​
alexandr1967 [171]

Explanation:

In April 1994 the Mandela-led ANC won South Africa's first elections by universal suffrage, and on May 10 Mandela was sworn in as president of the country's first multiethnic government.

8 0
3 years ago
What was the main reason the temperance movement was important to women?
maria [59]

Answer:

Alcohol was viewed as a danger to the home.

Explanation:

6 0
2 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • Who was the last Qajar Shah to rule over the Persian empire?
    14·1 answer
  • What was the goal of the Five Years Plans? Were they successful? Why or why not?
    10·1 answer
  • Which is the flag of america<br>A<br>B<br>C<br>D
    5·1 answer
  • Congress didn't provide the army with enough equipment because:
    9·2 answers
  • What is the best example of a push factor that might cause immigration?
    8·1 answer
  • Which of the following beliefs about the United States' proper role in the
    9·1 answer
  • The Twelve Tables was a written legal code for Rome. Highlight at least three of its important points and be sure to write your
    7·1 answer
  • Which aspect of women's lives changed in the 1800s
    13·1 answer
  • The isolationism of the Tokugawa government included
    7·1 answer
  • Why was the first battle of bull run important during the Civil war
    5·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!