Chinese exclusion act ap world history definition

AP World History Unit 5 Key Concepts Flashcards

4156417979Industrial RevolutionAround the 1800s there were monopolized industry that brought extra help in the use of steam power and machinery.04156417980Fossil Fuels RevolutionThe new uses for oil, coal, and gas helped build up the industrial industry.14156417981Second Industrial RevolutionThe second half of the 1900s, also acknowledged as the technology revolution.24156417982GuanoGuano was a Fertilizer in South America.34156417983Adam SmithAdam Smith 1723 - 1790) was a Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and key Scottish Enlightenment figure. Adam Smith is best known for two classic works "The Theory of Moral Sentiments", and "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations". The Wealth of Nations, is considered the first current work of economics. Smith is cited as the "father of modern economics" and is still among the most influential thinkers in the field of economics today44156417984John Stuart MillJohn Stuart Mill was a political economist, civil , and a British philosopher. He was a very enormous influential provider to the social, and politic

AP World History Unit 5 Vocab Terms (Part 2) Flashcards

693153657NationalismThe doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other.693153658"Open Door" Policy for ChinaIn 1899, John Hay (secretary of state) declared it. Gave all nations have equal trade access to trade with China. It wasn't until the Boxer Rebellion that the other countries agreed.693153659ImperialismA policy of extending your rule over foreign countries.693153660ColonialismAttempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory.693153661Settler ColoniesColonies in which the colonizing people settled in large numbers, rather than simply spending relatively small numbers to exploit the region; particularly noteworthy in the case of the British colonies in North America.693153662Social DarwinismThe application of ideas about evolution and "survival of the fittest" to human societies - particularly as a justification for their imperialist expansion.693153663Wahhabi IslamMajor Islamic movement led by the Muslim theologian Abd al Wahhab (1703-1792) that advocated a

Chinese Immigration and the Chinese Exclusion Acts

In the 1850s, Chinese workers migrated to the United States, first to work in the gold mines, but also to take agricultural jobs, and factory work, especially in the garment industry. Chinese immigrants were particularly instrumental in building railroads in the American west, and as Chinese laborers grew successful in the United States, a number of them became entrepreneurs in their own right. As the numbers of Chinese laborers increased, so did the strength of anti-Chinese sentiment among other workers in the American economy. This finally resulted in legislation that aimed to limit future immigration of Chinese workers to the United States, and threatened to sour diplomatic relations between the United States and China.

The Chinese Exclusion Act

American objections to Chinese immigration took many forms, and generally stemmed from economic and cultural tensions, as well as ethnic discrimination. Most Chinese laborers who came to the Merged States did so in direct to send money back to China to support their families there. At the same day, they also had to repay loans to the Chinese merchants who paid their passage to Am

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By the end of this section, you will:

Explain how cultural and economic factors affected migration patterns over time

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Use this Decision Point with the Cartoon Analysis: Immigration in the Gilded Age, 1882–1896 Primary Source to allow students to analyze the extent to which Chinese immigrants were scrutinized in the late 1800s.

In 1874, a group of Chinese collective leaders from San Francisco wrote a letter to the urban area government that said, in part:

“We wish now also to inquire the American people to recollect that the Chinese in this country have been for the most part peaceable and industrious. As a people we own the reputation, even here and now, of paying faithfully our rents, our taxes and our debts. In view of all these facts we are constrained to ask why this caustic hostility against the few thousands of Chinese in America! Why these severe and barbarous enactments, discriminating against us, in favor of other nationalities.”

Lai Yong and his fellow authors penned this petition in response to the politicians, labor unions, and other Americans—primarily on the West Coast—who were adv

chinese exclusion act ap world history definition

AP World History Unit 6 - Lesson 6.7

Ethnic Enclaves: location where area an ethnic group is clustered yet socially and economically distinct from the majority group.

Immigrants spread their culture to their new communities and tried to live life like back home.

Chinese migration to Southeast Asia allowed them to thrive as business owners and eventually control trade in the region.

Chinese came to the Americas for the gold rush but became indispensable workers in construction under contract.

Gold Rush: discovery of new gold deposits in the Americas which caused massive migration.

Indians migrated to South Africa for construction labor where they spread their culture but also caused discrimination (apartheid) which Ghandi worked to remove.

Natal Indian Congress: Political movement started in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in government.

Indians moved to Southeast Asia where they could work with their family (kangani system)

Indians sent to the Caribbean for sugar plantation work became largest ethnic group in most of the region

American Canal System: construction project that ran through the Isthmus of Panama connecting the Atla