Chinese Immigration
This 1882 law stopped Chinese Immigration to the United States for decades
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act
After this major 1868 reform, Japan allowed its citizens to emigrate, leading to the first wave of Japanese immigration to the U.S.
What is the Meiji Restoration
After this 2001 event, Pakistani communities in NYC experienced increased surveillance, deportations, and mosque closures.
What are the September 11 attacks
This 1956 law made Sinhala the only official language, limiting job and education access for Tamil communities.
What is the Sinhala Only Act
This Chinese American Dish, created by railroad workers, became a popular fusion food in the U.S.
What is Chop Suey
This 1907 agreement between the U.S. and Japan limited Japanese labor immigration while allowing family members to enter.
What is the Gentlemen's Agreement
This New York City borough became home to “Little Pakistan,” especially along Coney Island Avenue.
What is Brooklyn
This NYC neighborhood borough is the center of Sri Lankan immigrant life often referred to as “Little Sri Lanka.”
What is Staten Island
This 19th-century internal conflict in China, partly caused by famine and instability, pushed many Chinese to leave for the United States.
What is the Taiping Rebellion
This three-generation naming system describes Japanese immigrants, their U.S.-born children, and their grandchildren.
What are Issei, Nisei, and Sansei
This 1979 geopolitical event contributed to instability in Pakistan’s northwest and helped trigger a later wave of emigration in the 1980s–2000s.
What is the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
This 1983–2009 conflict was a major reason for the large refugee wave of Sri Lankan immigrants to the United States.
What is the Sri Lankan Civil War