Despite having to pick up their life and leave, the immigrants came in by millions to the United States in the late 19th century and 21st century to build better lives for their families economically, religiously, and educationally. In the 19th century, the United States was an economic boom. Many Chinese came to America for the gold rush in California. They did not believe America was a new home, but a place to work and return to their families rich. Many were turned down at an immigration station: Angel Island, while others were pushed out of finding gold and forced to work degrading jobs.
It was not until after WW II and changes in few other immigration laws were Asians able to enter the U.S. easier. However, some Americans did not like the fact that the Asians were migrating to the U.S. working and living just as other U.S. citizens were. Some citizens even protested the Asians arrival “However, many people feared being "overwhelmed" by the influx, which had swelled to nearly 65,000 in 1870, and over 107,000 in 1880. Some cities passed laws against Chinese and other Asians, often referred to as "Mongolians." Anti-Chinese riots erupted in Chico, California, in 1877 and in Rock Springs, Wyoming, in 1885 (Asian-American History — Infoplease.com).
Migrants from China, Japan, Indian, Korea, and the Philippines faced discrimination during the late 19th and early 20th century. They came for better paying jobs and more job opportunities to save money for their family. As a result, they faced resentment from white worker. The resentment led to laws prohibited them from entering the country and owning land. “Most of the migrants in each group came as sojourners.
The draft removed men from swing scene which meant there were fewer people to play in the bands. Because of the need for many materials for the war effort gas and rubber were in shortage and cut short or stopped all together many road trips that the bands relied on to make their livings. The curfews forced many clubs to shut down during their most lucrative and busy hours. This combined with an amusement tax as high as 20 percent in some cities raised the cost of operating these clubs and ballrooms. In addition, racism of the day made it hard for black musicians to tour.
The primarily reason is the job-related because with all the unemployment and high taxes, people moved to look for a better job under stable circumstances. If Puerto Rico hadn’t raise their taxes, many Puerto Ricans wouldn’t have leaved the island, but it all comes back to the United States limiting Puerto Rico in trading with other countries. Also, this mass emigration was caused by the indecisiveness of the political status of Puerto Rico. During the years, there have been various status referendums deciding on whether Puerto Rico should become a state, independent, or stay the way it is. And in these referendums, the Puerto Ricans don’t seem to agree on the status of Puerto Rico.
The spread of alien perpetrators gave domestic Americans a reason to fervently oppose arriving immigrants. Not all of the arrivals remained on the East Coast. Many of the fresh faces decided to move further into the nation, and with them followed strong opposition. One case of discrimination went as far as reaching the Supreme Court, where Chinese laundry operators were charged with violating an ordinance; the Supreme Court determined this to be a case of racial discrimination (Document E). It is shocking that discrimination reached such a high level with no authoritative figure to stop it.
Some immigrants came to escape poverty, starvation. They hoped to gain economic opportunity. About 25,000 Chinese immigrants came in seek of fortunes because of the news of the California Gold Rush. New immigrants came to the United States between 1880 and 1910. Most of the immigrants came from Southern and Eastern Europe.
The 1840s and 1850s marked the beginning of Asian immigration to the United States, starting with the arrival of Chinese in Hawaii and on the mainland West Coast. Initially, laborers found work on the sugar plantations and in the gold mines, and later supplied much of the manual labor for the building of the western leg of the transcontinental railway. By the turn of the twentieth century, the same employment opportunities began to draw increasing numbers of immigrants from other parts of Asia, including Japan, the Philippines, Korea, and India. However, successive waves of Asian immigration tended to create corresponding waves of anti-Asian sentiment. Labor leaders, temperance activists, and agricultural interests pressed the government to
The main argument made in the article, International Bullion Flows and the Chinese Economy circa 1530-1650 by William Atwell, is that during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, an influx in the demand of silver and foreign demand of Chinese goods led to the fall of the Ming dynasty. Chinese merchants traded for large quantities of silver. It started off as simple supply and demand. However, as the supply stopped rising, the demand kept rising causing inflation in China. By looking at charts that show the relationship between the year and the amount of silver imported, I will be able to support my belief that major factors to the fall of the Ming dynasty was the collapse of foreign trade and the over-dependency on silver as monetary funding.
By 1992, China succeeded in attracting $11.2 billion. (China: Building Capitalism with Social Characteristics) As a result of the agricultural and industrial reforms adopted in the late 70s, by the end of the 80s, China’s economy was booming. However, the high growth created high inflation which approached 20% by the 1988. To prevent inflation from spiraling out of control, the government froze credit from state banks, tightened monetary policy, controlled imports and exports, raised interest rates, and devaluated the currency. These measures were tough on the population and sparked a massive protest in 1989 at Tianamen Square which was controlled militarily.