Exclusion of Chinese Americans in History
The years between 1850 and 1880 marked a huge difference in the way Chinese immigrants were treated in California. Numerous economic transformations occurred during these years, changing the way white Californians, specifically Nativists, felt towards the Chinese. This was the beginning of what became a history of exclusion of Chinese immigrants in California that had many long-term consequences for the Chinese. Starting in the 1850’s Chinese immigrants came to California in large numbers. They were not so much accepted as tolerated, treated as mysterious foreigners, an “Oriental”, rather than a threat. But by the 1870’s, with the depression of 1873 and the rise of mechanization, Nativists and other working-class whites began to view the Chinese as a serious threat to their economic stability. By the 1870’s, capitalists were attempting to rationalize and reduce the cost of production (Lee 54). These same capitalists began to view immigrants as a good, relatively free source of labor. With mechanization came the ability to train almost anyone, immigrants, women and children, on the use of these machines. T
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Approximate Word count = 758
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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