Chinese Immigrants
In today’s American society diversity extends throughout every community. No matter what part of the country you go to, many ethnicities surround. Most every person today has a relative who came to America many years ago; America is a nation built of immigrants. In the 1800’s many different groups of Immigrants came to America seeking, “The American Dream.” One of these groups was the Chinese. The Chinese immigrants came to America for multiple reasons. Although coming with hope, most faced many hardships when they arrived.
The Chinese came to America, the majority being during the 19th century, with hopes of finding gold in California and living “The American Dream.” The Chinese called California “Gold Mountain” as it was during the time of the Gold Rush. However, the gold rush was not the only reason that the Chinese came to America. After losing the first Opium war China had to give up its trade protectionism and to concede land settlements to the victorious......
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