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== | ==Immigration to America== | ||
*The first Chinese immigrants arrived in 1820, according to U.S. government records. 325 men are known to have arrived before the '''1849 California Gold Rush''', which drew the first significant number of laborers from China who mined for gold and performed menial labor. | *The first Chinese immigrants arrived in 1820, according to U.S. government records. 325 men are known to have arrived before the '''1849 California Gold Rush''', which drew the first significant number of laborers from China who mined for gold and performed menial labor. | ||
*There were 25,000 immigrants by 1852, and 105,465 by 1880, most of whom lived on the '''West Coast'''. They formed over a tenth of California's population. *Chinese workers migrated to the United States, first to work in the gold mines, but also to take '''agricultural jobs, and factory work, especially in the garment industry.''' | *There were 25,000 immigrants by 1852, and 105,465 by 1880, most of whom lived on the '''West Coast'''. They formed over a tenth of California's population. *Chinese workers migrated to the United States, first to work in the gold mines, but also to take '''agricultural jobs, and factory work, especially in the garment industry.''' | ||