Keywords: anti-Chinese
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: Calisphere - California Digital Library
Grade Level:
Primary, Secondary
Abstract: Starting with the Gold Rush, Chinese migrated to California and other regions of the United States in search of work. As several photographs show, many Chinese found work in the gold mines and on the railroads. They accepted $32.50 a month to work on the Union Pacific in Wyoming in 1870 for the same ... More »
Growing Ethnic Diversity
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| Type: | Library or Collection |
Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: Calisphere - California Digital Library
Grade Level:
Primary, Secondary
Abstract: People from around the world continued to come to California in the early 1900s, many in search of work and a better life. Two photographs depict men in turbans in San Francisco in 1910. Southern California attracted numerous Japanese immigrants. Photographs in this group show Japanese workers standing ... More »