In 1906 natural disasters hit San Francisco. The natural disasters were an earthquake and a fire that demolished a large portion of the city. During the time spent remaking, a few individuals contended that Chinatown ought not be remade in San Francisco, but rather Chinatown was at last reconstructed in the same spot. I believe that San Francisco had an intense relationship with Chinatown. There was city named Tangrenbu that was a segregated section of San Francisco not a long way from the docks and close to the business focus of the city that evoked for non-Chinese secret, exoticism, and additionally peril. It had shops, stores, eateries, medication stores, betting caves, opium basements, and more than 20,000 Chinese talking their own language and carrying on with their own life untouched by American thoughts. San Francisco should rebuild Chinatown because it will create more cultural diversity. Some things that Chinese immigrants faced are The Chinese Exclusion Act. The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882. It was one of the most significant…show more content… The population dramatically increased and then decreased, but the population was still greater then the start. The document “ Chinese Population 1860-1920” had around 36,000 people in 1860 then around 1885 had around 105,000, but then in 1920 went down to 61,000 people. So from 1860 to 1920 which is 60 years, the population increased by around 25,000 people, which is a lot. This shows Chinatown in San Francisco has increase the population as a whole. Another way Chinatown was strong was because of the job opportunities they had. In the document Chinese Grocery and a Butcher shows that people opened stores that sold Chinese food to make the whole place feel a bit more like home and more comfortable. The jobs give the owners economic opportunities to provide for themselves and their
