ASIAN 422 Lecture 3: Asian 422 Lecture 3
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1870 - most chinese worked as miners, laborers, etc. Go to the river and get water, and sieve through. Used this in their agriculture in south china. 1850 - tried to target people who came from south america, especially mexicans. Each month they had to pay around in today"s time, so people revolted. People could become american citizen after two years. This time was targeted for chinese, and they could not become naturalized forever. Had to pay per month, but they make per month. Became the most lucrative law that california made. Was able to generate a lot of revenue for california. Was 10,000 but then went to 5,000 then 2,000. Export to china - abalone, dried shrimps, ginseng, flour. Help local companies, like railroad and farms, to recruit workers for them. Chinese were recruited and highest number was 10,000 people. Section hands - laid the tracks and maintained the tracks.
