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Racism in America. Exposure to American sailors in early 1800s Gold Rush – 1852 brings 20,000 to California Transcontinental Railroad – 10,000-15,000.

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1 Racism in America

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3 Exposure to American sailors in early 1800s Gold Rush – 1852 brings 20,000 to California Transcontinental Railroad – 10,000-15,000 imported from 1864-1869 Political unrest in China – Taiping Rebellion (1851-1866) Earning differential

4 California 1852: $50 entry fee, $3/month miners license 1855: Miner’s license raised to $6 / month 1863: Disallowed from testifying, Children inadmissible to public schools 1876: Barred from working on government projects, owning land Nationally 1882 - Chinese Exclusion Act

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6 1912 American complaint against Russian antiSemitism blunted by memory of Chinese exclusion policies


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