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1851
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46 CHINESE IMMIGRATED TO U.S.
1851 - 1881
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MORE THAN 200,000 CAME INTO THIS COUNTRY LURED BY GOLD AND JOBS
1854
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SO MANY CHINESE WANTED TO EMIGRATE, SHIPS HAD TROUBLE HANDLING VOLUME
1860 - 1869
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RAILROAD WORK PROVIDED GREATEST DEMAND FOR CHINESE LABOR
1869
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UNION PACIFIC AND CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROADS WERE JOINED AT PROMONTORY SUMMIT, UTAH
1882 - 1892
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CONGRESS ENACTED CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT, OUTLAWED CHINESE IMMIGRATION FOR 10 YEARS
1884 - 1894
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CHINESE LABORERS COULD NOT ENTER U.S. FROM ANY FOREIGN PLACE, BAN ALSO LASTED 10 YEARS.
1886
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STATUE OF LIBERTY DEDICATED, POEM OF EMMA LAZARUS INSCRIBED ON BASE
1892 - 1902
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CONGRESS EXTENDED EXCLUSION ACT FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS ADDES CHINESE LABORERS HAD TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATIONS OF RESIDENCE WITHIN A YEAR OR FACE DEPORTATION
1994 - 1994
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CHINESE IMMIGRATING MATCHED EUROPEANS AT THAT TIME, DIFFICULT TO FIND EXPLANATION OTHER THAN RACISM FOR FEARS
1998
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FEAR OF 'YELLOW PERIL" OVERWHELMED ANY DESIRE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT ASIANS AND CUSTOMS
2009
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JUDY CHU BORN OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS WAS FIRST ELECTED TO CONGRESS
2012
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CONGRESS PASSED RESOLUTION UNANIMOUSLY, FOURTH OFFICIAL APOLOGY IN LAST 25 YEARS