Asian Americans

1. Asian Americans Billie Tran, Phuong Nguyen, and Due: April 3, 2012 AP Government- Derstine Civil Rights Project

2. Asian Americans Face Widespread Discrimination Chinese has been in America for a long time…

3. First Asian Americans • 1750- Filipino sailors settled in Louisiana • Gold was discovered in California which made Chinese migrate for the “richness” in 1848 • Some Chinese even went to Hawaii to work in sugar canes plantations • 9,000 to 12,000 Chinese worked for the Central Pacific and went on strike for equal pay and supply as the Europeans • California laws’ prevented Chinese immigrants from testifying against Whites in court in 1862 • Anti- Chinese movement; Chinese became known as an economic threat

4. 1862 Cal. Stat. 462: An Act to Protect Free White Labor against Competition with Chinese Coolie Labor, and to Discourage the Immigration of Chinese...into California: All Chinese people not employed in growing tea, rice, coffee or sugar must pay a $2.50 license fee each month. (Declared unconstitutional in Lin Sing v Washburn, 20 Cal. 534 (1862)).

5. Chinese Exclusion Law • Repealed in 1855 and declared unconstitutional in 1862 • Imposed to exclude Chinese from migrating to the U.S • White employees stated that Chinese were a threat • There was a fine of $500 or be imprisoned for a year if caught bringing a Chinese to the US • “Chinese Exclusion Lawprevented the further immigration of Chinese or Mongolians to this State.”

6. Japanese American Internment • In the 1940’s world war 2 era President FDR executed Executive order 9066 which allowed military personnel to relocate Japanese Americans. • The cause for the sudden enactment of the order relates to the recent attacks on Pearl Harbor in December 7, 1941. • While viewed as questionable by many Japanese Americans, the supreme court would sustain their beliefs, considering it was a time of war, personal matters of race and ethnic backgrounds “ were easily swept under the rug.”

7. Immigration Act of 1965 • The immigration and nationality act of 1965 helped to eradicate the N.O.F or the (National Origins Formula.) • The national origins formula was an attempt to counteract more immigrants from inflating the American population. It’s purpose was to maintain the ethnic stability in the U.S. It mainly targeted people of eastern and European descent • This act helped immigrants by only monitoring their capabilities of contributing to American society.

8. Lau v. Nichols • Civil rights case brought by the Chinese American students • Students had limited English proficiency and claimed that they were not receiving special help in school • Argued that the students were entitled to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 where racial discrimination is banned. • The school denied Chinese students • Court ruled upon the students’ favor in 1974 • Court states that these students should be treated with equality • This case is important under the 14th Amendment

9. Timeline Immigration Act of 1924: was an Act that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United Statesin 1890 The Asian American Movement Ends After the Vietnam War, many radical Asian American groups dissolved. Activists organized to have the federal government apologize for its actions during World War II. Japanese American Internment was an Act in 1942, purposely made to move about 110,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese to camps called "War Relocation Camps," in the wake Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. First Asian American: 1750: Filipino sailor settled in Louisiana, US. 1848: Gold discovered in California led Chinese to came to America. During the 1930s, Campaigns successfully against bills that would have made interracial marriage illegal in Washington State brought Japanese, Chinese, and Filipino activists together, though Filipino activists took the lead. Chinese Exclusion Act was the first major law in 1882, restricting immigration to the United States, Chinese in particularly. In 1976, President Ford signed Proclamation 4417 in which internment was declared a “national mistake.”