733+Chinese

= Members of the Group =

Vasilisa Tolkacheva
=** Questions **=
 * 1) ** When the Chinese went to California, it was more like the East than the West to them because they were from China. Chinese participation were limited severely after 1882 when   Congress   passed the   Chinese Exclusion   Act, which prohibited  workers  from entering the country and declared Chinese ineligible for citizenship . Chinese people were treated unfairly because they were treated like they were one of the people from the lower-class. **
 * 2) ** One group that the Chinese had conflict with, were the railroad capitalists. Railroad capitalists recruited Chinese workers to build nearly every new western railroad, resulting in a second wave of Chinese immigration. **
 * 3) ** One event that should be on are class timeline is May 6,1892. On this day, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed. This act prohibited the Chinese from entering America. Another event happened in 1943 in which the act ha d been repealed. **

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