History of Asian Americans - Brittany Le - Christine Sivilay - Mollie Frager

1883

Establishment of the anti-Chinese Workingman’s Union in Hawaii

1885

In February, the Chinese population of Eureka, CA was rounded up after a policeman was killed in the crossfire of two Chinese people. September 2nd, 28 Chinese miners (+15 wounded) were killed in Rock Springs Wyoming. The rest were

1887

driven out to the desert November 3rd, Chinese

Bayonet Constitution was forced granting voting privilege to only males with Hawaiian, European or American birth.

neighborhoods were forced out of Tacoma, WA. All 800-900 residents left the city. Then Seattle followed.

1890

The number of Native Hawaiians recorded dropped dramatically due to immigrants and Asain immigrants constituted 32% of the total Hawaiian population

1892 Chinese immigration was virtually prohibited and Chinese immigrants were barred from any non- agricultural work in order to not compete with Hawaiians and whites in business franchises Geary Act extended the Chinese Exclusion Act for 10 more years. 1895 Chinese immigration became a central issue in the Hawaiin Islands

1893 All Chinese in the US were required to register for official documentation that proves their legal right to stay in the U.S.

1898 U.S colonized Hawaii and the Philippines, which carried the restriction of Chinese immigrants to these new areas in the Pacific

1902

Chinese Exclusion Act became an established policy in the Philippines

1910-1940 Around 100,000 Chinese came to the United States through San Francisco. Half were detained at the Angel

Island Immigration Station, where they faced intense, anxiety ridden interrogations and were examined for “Oriental Diseases”

1938-1940

Kong Din Quong spent the longest recorded time in detention, 756 days (25 months) at Angel Island

1965 Comprehensive reform of immigration in the United States