Question

Chinese immigrants to the West:

Answer 1

Answer: d) worked in shoe and cigar factories in western cities

Explanation: Chinese immigrants to the West worked in shoe and cigar factories in western cities. Several factors known as the push and pull factors of Chinese Migration are dictated by economic, political, environmental and social reasons. Chinese immigrants in the 19th century majorly worked as laborers, on transcontinental railroads, in mines, as seamen on board the ships of American shipping companies and in the consumer goods industry, especially in the cigar, boots, footwear and textile manufacturing as they offered new and cheap labor.

Answer 2

Answer:

A. They were exclusively single men, particularly after the civil war.

Explanation: The migration of Chinese to US started far back middle of 19th century. Throughout the first half of the 19th century, Chinese manual laborers (predominately men) migrated to the West Coast, where they found employment in agriculture, mining, railroad construction, and other low-skilled jobs. In response to negative public sentiments and organized labor lobbying, Congress in 1882 passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, the first legislation aimed at excluding certain foreigners based on their origin.