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Aside from their work on the Transcontinental Railroad, Chinese immigrants were confined to low payi8ng, menial jobs. There was a lot of racism at the time, and Chinese immigrants were often set upon by mobs of whites who believed they were taking away jobs. Anti-Chinese activism became so intense that the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was passed, banning further Chinese immigrants.
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∙ 14y agoSome of the Chinese were already in North America working as miners during the Gold Rush. Others came from China wanting to make money for their families back home.
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