HIST 1378 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Dawes Act, Helen Hunt Jackson, Gilded Age
9 Feb 2017
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Gilded age 1877-1900: continual conflict between traditional anglo-saxon stock and immigrants like southern and eastern europeans, saw immigrants as inferiors they would destroy american exceptionalism. Chinese immigrants: originally came to pan for gold in california as early as 1840, a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a e(cid:374)tered i(cid:374)to a treaty (cid:449)ith the chi(cid:374)ese go(cid:448)(cid:859)t (cid:272)alled the bearli(cid:374)ga(cid:373)e treaty for labor for the railroads. Told the chinese that they could take as many as china wanted to send. Initially for mexicans that could mine in california but then applied to the. Irish i(cid:373)(cid:373)igra(cid:374)t that argued that the go(cid:448)(cid:859)t ought to e(cid:374)a(cid:272)t a la(cid:449) to stop the immigration of chinese. They would destroy the american way of life and take opportunities: 1871 from american laborers. Fierce race riot in la that injured/killed many chinese. 1876 more than 200k still lived in california: cubic air law. All adults must have 50 cubic feet of living space in order to live a healthy life.
