WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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Western Cities
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Eastern Cities
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Ellis Island
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Angel Island
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Detailed explanation-1: -Across the country, Chinese immigrants clustered in Chinatowns. The largest population was in San Francisco. Large numbers came from the Taishan area that proudly bills itself as the No. 1 Home of Overseas Chinese.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -There are over 50 million overseas Chinese. Most of them are living in Southeast Asia where they make up a majority of the population of Singapore (75%) and significant minority populations in Malaysia (22.4%), Thailand (14%) and Brunei (10%).
Detailed explanation-4: -Chinese-Americans 1785-: Home The first three Chinese immigrants-Ashing, Achun, and Accun from Guangzhou arrived in San Francisco in 1785 as crewmen-starting the history of Chinese immigration to the United States.