CHINESE IMMIGRANTS

WHERE DID THEY SETTLE?

• Moved from China, settled on West Coast
• Traveled by boat
• Sent money overseas to families
• Originally traveled in big groups
• Congress passed legislation to stop it

WHAT DID THESE PEOPLE MOVE FOR?

• Not many job opportunities in China
• Left China for financial reasons
• Left behind family in China
• Anti-immigration groups, Chinese Exclusion Act

WHAT WAS THEIR EXPERIENCE?

• $35/month for food, tents
• Seasickness, bug-infested food, costly, boredom
• Houses with gold furniture
• Needed miners, cooks, railroad workers, etc.
• Racism, high tension - murder and thievery

WHAT DID THEY BRING WITH THEM?

• Poverty-stricken, not many possessions
• Keno
• Tunics, shorts, long socks, slippers, traditional hats