USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Most of the Chinese immigrants worked in the West. By 1851, twenty-five thousand Chinese came to California to look for gold, and to work on the Central Pacific Railroad. By 1880, 25% of California’s workers were Chinese.

Detailed explanation-2: -The United States is the top destination for Chinese immigrants worldwide, accounting for about 28 percent of the 8.6 million Chinese living outside China, Hong Kong, or Macau, according to mid-2020 estimates by the United Nations Population Division.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chinese immigrants first flocked to the United States in the 1850s, eager to escape the economic chaos in China and to try their luck at the California gold rush. When the Gold Rush ended, Chinese Americans were considered cheap labor.

Detailed explanation-4: -Chinese migration to the United States picked up during the mid-19th century, when primarily male manual laborers arrived in the West Coast for agricultural, mining, railroad construction, and other low-skilled jobs.

Detailed explanation-5: -Southeastern China was in poverty and ruins caused by the Taiping rebellion. Therefore, many Chinese immigrated to the US from Canton after news of the gold discovery in California. Immigrants undertook a Pacific Ocean journey of three weeks by ship. Many passengers could barely afford steerage class travel.