Chinese Immigration Research Paper

The diversity prevalent in United States began at the time of the industrial era in the country when America became the land of opportunities. The rise of industries created a need for workers which was filled by immigrants coming from all parts of the world. Most immigrants came to explore economic opportunities while some came to escape the problems in their home country. The Chinese, who primarily settled in California, came to take advantage of America's economic opportunities. On the other hand, the Jews, who mostly settled in New York, came to escape execution in Russia. This paper will discuss the experiences of the two groups in United States. The Jewish immigrants in United States came principally from Russia. In Russia, anti-Jewish sentiments and governmental support towards such sentiment forced the Jews to immigrate to US. Most of the Jews who came into the country, came with the intention of staying. Only 3 percent of the Jews who came to America returned back to their home country. The Jews who entered the US were mostly educated: 80 percent of the men and 63 …show more content…
As the Chinese began to dominate the mining industry workers, anti-Chinese sentiment grew in the country. Laws including the Foreign Miners Tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was introduced to take away the advantage of the Chinese labor in the mining industry. The Chinese Exclusion Act was aimed directly at the immigration of Chinese people. This was the first act introduced that targeted a specific ethnic group. The Immigration Act of 1924 was another immigration law passed that limited the number of immigrants into US to 2 percent of the nationality already in the United States. The law was aimed at limiting Eastern Asian people including from entering the United States. United States preferred immigrants from Europe. This was done to preserve the ideals of the American

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