Chinese Immigrants
Skye Phillip☆Sarai Figueroa
Social Studies ! | Progressive Era
Why did they come to America ?
・There were more opportunities for them for example Jobs, being able to home and have a family. ・
| Topic ! | Research |
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| Life in home country | Their blood relationship is one of the most important relationships they like to remain civil. Individuals are only a part of the family, which is society's fundamental unit. The most significant aspect of society is blood ties.the advancement of society and peace are guaranteed by the harmony and stability of families and clans |
| Languages | Chinese immigrants primarily spoke Cantonese. Cantonese is largely spoken in the southern Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Cantonese was the primary language of Hong Kong. |
| Religion | Chinese original landscape is dotted with temples of numerous religions, including Taoism, Buddhism, Heaven worship, and Chinese folk religion. Chinese has a mixture of both sacred and somewhat spiritual, yet doesn't always require a concept of god.It can be challenging to classify a Chinese belief system as either a religion or a philosophy |
| Traditions | Chinese do something consistently to invite the new year, for example, eat rice congee and mustard greens to purify the body, as indicated by the College of Victoria. Fireworks and parades with dancers dressed as dragons celebrate the holiday |
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| Push Factors. . | The Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed in 1943 and in 1965 the Immigration and Nationality Act (Hart-Celler Law) abolished the nation-of-origin restrictions on immigrants | ||
| Pull Factors..Their biggest pull factor was the gold rush. | It represented the hope of freedom from intolerance based upon one's particular views.It was an opportunity for Chinese laborers to enter the workforce, so they accepted lower wages than many native-born U.S. workers would have accepted. Over 20,000 Chinese moved also due to the lower risk of natural disasters |
The economy started to decline after the Civil War was over, and many Americans blamed the Chinese for the lack of jobs because the Chinese had more workers.