In the late 1800s there was a huge wave of Chinese immigration to the United States; a first of roughly four waves of Chinese immigration into the United States. The Chinese workforce in the United States had grown to about 10 percent of the total population and 1 / 4 of the labor force in California. Racial ideology and economic competition began to trigger animosity towards The Chinese which eventually led to The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
In the late 1800s there was a huge wave of Chinese immigration to the United States; a first of roughly four waves of Chinese immigration into the United States. The Chinese workforce in the…