1. Immigrants from Asia and Latin America
Chapter 14 Section 2

2. Words to Know
Nativism: A feeling of citizens who are against immigrants.
Exclusion: Keeping a person or a group from coming in.

3. From Asia to America 300,000 immigrants arrived during late 1800’s
China
Japan
Philippine Islands

4. Chinese 1849: After Rush: Became:
First worked in gold mines and on farms
Gold rush
After the rush it became harder to find jobs
After Rush:
Building Transcontinental Railroad
When railroad was finished most Chinese chose to settle in San Francisco, CA
Became:
Factory workers
Small businesses
Eating places
Sold cloth
Other Chinese goods

5. Japanese Hawaii: sugar cane fields
Earned 6 times the pay then in Japan
California:
Farms RR
Food packing plants
Some bought land:
Fruits and vegetables
Success of Japanese Farmers:
Did not please some American farmers
American farmers worried that the Japanese farms would take over

6. Filipino
1898:
US took control of Philippine Islands
1903:
US invited first Filipinos
Mostly students finishing education
US paid
Were expected to go back to be leaders and teach others what they learned
Most ended up being young men looking for work not school
Farms in Cali.
Sugar cane fields in Hawaii

7. Feelings Against Immigrants
Many Americans wanted to keep Asian immigrants from entering the US.
Taking their jobs
Willing to work long hours/low pay
Nativism
Govt. limited immigration
Chinese exclusion Act of 1882:
Banned Chinese immigration for 10 years
1908: “Gentlemen’s Agreement”
US and Japan
Limited number of immigrants from entering US
Only Immediate family members were allowed to enter

8. Immigrants for Mexico Late 1800’s: Came to live in southwest Freedom
Jobs
Mines of Utah and Nevada RR
Farms

9. Classwork
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