S. State Department that a new Sino-American treaty be drafted. In January 1887, negotiations began as American politicians were readying for the 1888 presidential election campaign. The U.S. originally wanted Chinese immigration suspended for 30 yea Continue Reading...
Ah Toy is representative for the way in which immigrants and in her own case the Chinese were treated by the state authorities and the judicial system in particular. It was common practice the discriminatory attitude of the judicial system towards Continue Reading...
In this sense, the structure of the society changed as well. More and more Mexicans became part of the American culture and contributed to its definition. The Mexican family played a major role in creating the sense of multiculturalism inside the so Continue Reading...
America eventually discovered that the tongs were a very organized criminal organization that held a tyrannical hold over the Chinese population. Despite a once-conspicuous presence in the Western United States, little is known demographically abou Continue Reading...
colorful period in America's remarkable early history is the gold rush era. In the late 1800's the discovery of gold triggered a flood of immigrants into the country, all intent on making their fortune. These miners shaped the early history of Ameri Continue Reading...
Mountain Mining Mining is the process by which minerals of various different kinds are taken out of the earth. As a general practice, a hole is dug into the ground, from where the minerals are harvested. These may be metals like gold or silver or co Continue Reading...
Southern California Frederick Jackson Turner is perhaps most well-known for his famous essay, "The Significance of the Frontier on American History." In this essay, Turner defines and supports his thesis that the history of the American West is the Continue Reading...
The next cycle came with Polish, Russian, and other Baltic state immigrants being targeted during the 1940's and 50' with events like the Red Scare that swept across America. There is no doubt that all of these periods had very restrictive immigrati Continue Reading...
Moreover, the research also showed that the vast majority of all of the immigrants from Vietnam have managed to overcome the hardships and obstacles facing them upon their arrival to become assimilated into the larger American society and create new Continue Reading...
