Historical Context
The primary reason for the Chinese arriving in America during the 1850s.
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Result of the San Francisco anti-Chinese ordinances
What is they led to the segregation of Chinese communities?
Wong Kim Ark role in U.S. history
What is his court case established birthright citizenship in the U.S.?
Yick Wo, and his significance in US history
Who is a plaintiff in a landmark Supreme Court case regarding discriminatory laws?
Cause of the first Sino-Japanese War
What is Korea?
Reception of Chinese immigrants initially during the California Gold Rush
What was they were tolerated by locals or seen as hardworking, generous?
The year the Chinese Exclusion Act was signed into law
What is 1882?
The impact of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake on the Chinese population
What is it caused widespread Chinese emigration?
The outcome of the Wong Kim Ark Supreme Court case
What is it granted citizenship to all Chinese born in the U.S.?
Chinese territory lost after the first Sino-Japanese War
What is Taiwan?
Definition of the term “Coolie” in the context of 19th-century America
What is a derogatory term or slur for Chinese laborers/immigrants?
Main different between the Chinese Exclusion Act (CEA) and previous U.S. laws
What the CEA was the first significant law to restrict immigration based on nationality/race?
What were "Paper Sons"?
Who are Chinese immigrants who claimed false family ties to enter the U.S.?
A major result of the 1898 Second Convention of Peking
What is it extended the lease of Hong Kong to Britain by 99 years?
This Chinese territory was forcibly leased to the UK in 1898 for another 99 years until 1997
What is Hong Kong?
The main objective of the Page Act of 1875
What is to restrict the immigration of Chinese women?
The President of the United States when the Chinese Exclusion Act was enacted
Who was Chester A. Arthur?
The significance of Angel Island in Chinese-American history
What is it served as an immigration station where many Chinese were detained?
A significant effect of the 1911 fall of the Qing Dynasty
What is it marked the end of the Imperial Chinese system?
France's terms from China after winning the Sino-French War
What is granting Vietnam independence from China?
A significant anti-Chinese incident in North Adams, MA
What is a strike by shoe factory workers?
The purpose of the Geary Act
What is to extend the Chinese Exclusion Act by 10 years and require Chinese residents to carry identification?
The impact of the Boxer Rebellion on Chinese immigrants in America
What is it resulted in more Chinese immigrants coming to the U.S.?
Challenges the AAPI community face during the pandemic in U.S. Chinatowns
What is heightened instances of discrimination and violence?
The location of the Boxer Rebellion
What is Beijing?