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1 Chinese Immigration and Exclusion

2 Chinese Immigration 1858 Illustration of the Second Opium War
Left image retrieved from the Library of Congress at Right image retrieved from the Library of Congress at 1858 Illustration of the Second Opium War 1857 Illustration of a Chinese miners in California

3 Transcontinental Railroad
Photo retrieved from the Library of Congress at Representatives of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific meet to complete the first transcontinental railroad at Promontory Point, Utah, in 1869.

4 Chinese Railroad Laborers
Photo retrieved from the Library of Congress at A Chinese railroad worker in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

5 The Chinese Exclusion Act
Photo retrieved from the Library of Congress at An excerpt of the Chinese Exclusion Act, The Daily Astorian, May 14, 1882

6 Central Historical Question
Why was China immigration restricted in 1882?

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