Journal 11/3 How are Asian Americans different from the other minorities we have discussed? What do you think contributes to these differences?

Journal 11/5 Imagine that you are a Chinese immigrant; why did you immigrate? What challenges would you face unique to your country of origin?

Asian Americans

Chinese Americans First Chinese came to America as ‘coolies’: 1840s is 1 st big wave of___________b/c: Chinese forced to pay special mining______. Refusal could: Cali passed a law to keep:

Not all Chinese Were Miners… Starting in 1860s many Chinese were: Worked for the: Pay was 60%: Worked______jobs Chinese virtually excluded from: Chinese also work as cooks, farmers & ___________

The First Forbidden Ethnicity 1882=Chinese Exclusion Act b/c: Banned immigration for: 1902 bans immigration: Lasts until 19__ This is the 1 st time in US history:

Chinese Americans Most populace country in the world Exclusion Act: 1882 Bans Chinese from immigrating for ________________ Repealed in ,000 Chinese immigrate to US every year

Chinatowns For generations, Chinese were: Chinese ghettos Face the same problems as: 1) 2) 3) Chinese immigrants are starting: San Francisco is largest Chinatown in the world

Family and Religion In the People’s Republic of China religion is: ‘modern’ Chinese American families are ________________ from white counterparts except for discrimination Do not accept questioning ________ authority (traditional)

Pick a word you think describes an important aspect of your personality, (religion, race, ethnicity, political affiliation). Now imagine everyone who identifies themselves this way is segregated from the rest of the American public. You are isolated behind barbed wire fences w/out the benefit of charge or trial. Do your feelings change about the US? How? Why? Why not? Journal 11/12

Japanese Americans

Immigration Few b/f 1885 b/c: Treated similarly as the __________; B/c immigration is so recent the four terms describe: Gentlemen's Agreement: Alien Land Act (1913) 1) 2) 3)

WWII/Pearl Harbor Japanese attack: 1) Sparks _____________ Americans start to fear Jap.-Amers. are _______ Executive Order /FDR removed all ppl from: considered to be _______ 3) No ______ ordered this

The Camps Are these relocation camps? Jap.-Amers did not ____________leave Charged with _______________ Could not: Did get paid BUT: Dependent on gov’t for 1) 2) Japanese Americans remain loyal to _____

The Camps SCOTUS ruled the camps ____________________ after 3 years In 1983 talks of reparations begin gov’t should pay $20,000 to: & Apologize 1988 Regan signs: Reparations are not paid until_____/200 survivors die a month