1871: Okei is the first Japanese woman to die on American soil. 1873: Zun Zow Matzmullu is the first Japanese to graduate from college, graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy 1898: A load of mostly Japanese men arrive, mostly settling on the Western Coast. Eighty-four percent of the immigrants are men 1900: Japanese workers decide to settle permanently in Hawaii instead of returning to Japan 1904: The Hawaiian Sugar Planter's Association passes a resolution limiting access to skilled positions to "American citizens, or those eleigible for citizenship." 1905: A California Law forbids a Japanese man to marry a white woman 1906: San Francisco passes law segregating schools in Chinatown 1906: Japanese workers from Aeiea Plantation go on strike asserting that inequality is both undemocratic and un-American. After this strike, plantation owners began a massive campaign to import Filipino workers, who were easier to control. 1907:Gentlemen's Agreement limits Asian immigration in Hawaii 1909: A devastating earthquake forces Japanese into Little Toykos across Los Angelos County, where they worked on the railroad, in farming, and in small businesses 1909: Homer Lea writes The Valor of Ignorance about a future war between Japan and America, sweeping a feeling of hatred towards Japanese Americans across the United States 1913: The California Assembly passes the Alien Land Law forbidding Asians to buy or lease land for more than three years 1915: Discrimination against Japanese woman in wages becomes apparent with a Japanese woman's salary at 55 cents a day compared to the man's 78 cents. 1919: The Japanese Association publically opposes discrimination, leading to a storm of protest in Japanese-American communities 1920-1923: California state legislature passed stricter laws depriving Japanese of right to lease land or to purchase it on behalf of minors 1921: In Turlock, California, labor organizers threw out Japanese workers from fields all around the area 1922: The U.S. Supreme Court denied Tadeo Ozawa citizenship although he had been a U.S. resident for almost his entire life 1924: The Immigration Act limits Asian immigration and is known as "National Humiliation Day" by the Japanese 1930: Japanese American Citizen's League (JACL) founded by an educated Nisei group
1930-1940: JACL spawns 50 chapters, with membership at 5600 1941: On December 7, Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, increasing fear and hatred toward Japanese 1941: All Japanese banks and businesses in the United States are seized. Seven hundred to one thousand Japanese nationals are taken into custody
1942: The Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration is formed, headed by John H. Tolan February 1942: Scores of Japanese fishermen and fish canners are sent to Terminal Island March 2: DeWitt anounced Proclamation No.1 (first in series of Order 9066) for Japanese evacuation of the West Coast and Arizona March 3: An evacuation of all "enemy" aliens of the Pacific coastal area.(half of Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona) March 4: De Witt starts to move evacuees without being ordered March 6: Little Toyko of Southern California dies away March 23: Southern Californians are sent to work at Manzanar, a Japanese internment camp.
Chinese-American History (1848-1940)
1848: The discovery of gold at John Sutter's Mill in 1848 brought a large migration of Chinese to California 
1852: A load of men arrive in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to search for gold 1852: The Columbia mining district of Tuolumne County held a mass meeting during which various merchants, sponsers, and shipowners were assailed for their part in bringing Chinese to California 1854: The case People vs. Hall rules that the Chinese are not allowed testimony in court. 1854: The Chinese Six Companies form to protect and regulate Chinese communities 1854: Yung Wing is the first Chinese-American to graduate from college, graduating from Yale University 1855: The California Legislature passed the Foreign Miner's Tax of four dollars a month 1858: California passes a law barring the entry of Chinese or "Mongolians" 1859: Chinese are excluded from public schools on the West Coast 1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 
1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
1898: A load of mostly Japanese men arrive, mostly settling on the Western Coast. Eighty-four percent of the immigrants are men 1900: Japanese workers decide to settle permanently in Hawaii instead of returning to Japan 1904: The Hawaiian Sugar Planter's Association passes a resolution limiting access to skilled positions to "American citizens, or those eleigible for citizenship." 1905: A California Law forbids a Japanese man to marry a white woman 1906: San Francisco passes law segregating schools in Chinatown 1906: Japanese workers from Aeiea Plantation go on strike asserting that inequality is both undemocratic and un-American. After this strike, plantation owners began a massive campaign to import Filipino workers, who were easier to control. 1907:Gentlemen's Agreement limits Asian immigration in Hawaii 1909: A devastating earthquake forces Japanese into Little Toykos across Los Angelos County, where they worked on the railroad, in farming, and in small businesses 1909: Homer Lea writes The Valor of Ignorance about a future war between Japan and America, sweeping a feeling of hatred towards Japanese Americans across the United States 1913: The California Assembly passes the Alien Land Law forbidding Asians to buy or lease land for more than three years 1915: Discrimination against Japanese woman in wages becomes apparent with a Japanese woman's salary at 55 cents a day compared to the man's 78 cents. 1919: The Japanese Association publically opposes discrimination, leading to a storm of protest in Japanese-American communities 1920-1923: California state legislature passed stricter laws depriving Japanese of right to lease land or to purchase it on behalf of minors 1921: In Turlock, California, labor organizers threw out Japanese workers from fields all around the area 1922: The U.S. Supreme Court denied Tadeo Ozawa citizenship although he had been a U.S. resident for almost his entire life 1924: The Immigration Act limits Asian immigration and is known as "National Humiliation Day" by the Japanese 1930: Japanese American Citizen's League (JACL) founded by an educated Nisei group
1930-1940: JACL spawns 50 chapters, with membership at 5600 1941: On December 7, Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, increasing fear and hatred toward Japanese 1941: All Japanese banks and businesses in the United States are seized. Seven hundred to one thousand Japanese nationals are taken into custody
1942: The Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration is formed, headed by John H. Tolan February 1942: Scores of Japanese fishermen and fish canners are sent to Terminal Island March 2: DeWitt anounced Proclamation No.1 (first in series of Order 9066) for Japanese evacuation of the West Coast and Arizona March 3: An evacuation of all "enemy" aliens of the Pacific coastal area.(half of Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona) March 4: De Witt starts to move evacuees without being ordered March 6: Little Toyko of Southern California dies away March 23: Southern Californians are sent to work at Manzanar, a Japanese internment camp.
Chinese-American History (1848-1940)
1848: The discovery of gold at John Sutter's Mill in 1848 brought a large migration of Chinese to California 1852: A load of men arrive in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to search for gold 1852: The Columbia mining district of Tuolumne County held a mass meeting during which various merchants, sponsers, and shipowners were assailed for their part in bringing Chinese to California 1854: The case People vs. Hall rules that the Chinese are not allowed testimony in court. 1854: The Chinese Six Companies form to protect and regulate Chinese communities 1854: Yung Wing is the first Chinese-American to graduate from college, graduating from Yale University 1855: The California Legislature passed the Foreign Miner's Tax of four dollars a month 1858: California passes a law barring the entry of Chinese or "Mongolians" 1859: Chinese are excluded from public schools on the West Coast 1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
1904: The Hawaiian Sugar Planter's Association passes a resolution limiting access to skilled positions to "American citizens, or those eleigible for citizenship." 1905: A California Law forbids a Japanese man to marry a white woman 1906: San Francisco passes law segregating schools in Chinatown 1906: Japanese workers from Aeiea Plantation go on strike asserting that inequality is both undemocratic and un-American. After this strike, plantation owners began a massive campaign to import Filipino workers, who were easier to control. 1907:Gentlemen's Agreement limits Asian immigration in Hawaii 1909: A devastating earthquake forces Japanese into Little Toykos across Los Angelos County, where they worked on the railroad, in farming, and in small businesses 1909: Homer Lea writes The Valor of Ignorance about a future war between Japan and America, sweeping a feeling of hatred towards Japanese Americans across the United States 1913: The California Assembly passes the Alien Land Law forbidding Asians to buy or lease land for more than three years 1915: Discrimination against Japanese woman in wages becomes apparent with a Japanese woman's salary at 55 cents a day compared to the man's 78 cents. 1919: The Japanese Association publically opposes discrimination, leading to a storm of protest in Japanese-American communities 1920-1923: California state legislature passed stricter laws depriving Japanese of right to lease land or to purchase it on behalf of minors 1921: In Turlock, California, labor organizers threw out Japanese workers from fields all around the area 1922: The U.S. Supreme Court denied Tadeo Ozawa citizenship although he had been a U.S. resident for almost his entire life 1924: The Immigration Act limits Asian immigration and is known as "National Humiliation Day" by the Japanese 1930: Japanese American Citizen's League (JACL) founded by an educated Nisei group
1930-1940: JACL spawns 50 chapters, with membership at 5600 1941: On December 7, Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, increasing fear and hatred toward Japanese 1941: All Japanese banks and businesses in the United States are seized. Seven hundred to one thousand Japanese nationals are taken into custody
1942: The Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration is formed, headed by John H. Tolan February 1942: Scores of Japanese fishermen and fish canners are sent to Terminal Island March 2: DeWitt anounced Proclamation No.1 (first in series of Order 9066) for Japanese evacuation of the West Coast and Arizona March 3: An evacuation of all "enemy" aliens of the Pacific coastal area.(half of Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona) March 4: De Witt starts to move evacuees without being ordered March 6: Little Toyko of Southern California dies away March 23: Southern Californians are sent to work at Manzanar, a Japanese internment camp.
Chinese-American History (1848-1940)
1848: The discovery of gold at John Sutter's Mill in 1848 brought a large migration of Chinese to California 1852: A load of men arrive in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to search for gold 1852: The Columbia mining district of Tuolumne County held a mass meeting during which various merchants, sponsers, and shipowners were assailed for their part in bringing Chinese to California 1854: The case People vs. Hall rules that the Chinese are not allowed testimony in court. 1854: The Chinese Six Companies form to protect and regulate Chinese communities 1854: Yung Wing is the first Chinese-American to graduate from college, graduating from Yale University 1855: The California Legislature passed the Foreign Miner's Tax of four dollars a month 1858: California passes a law barring the entry of Chinese or "Mongolians" 1859: Chinese are excluded from public schools on the West Coast 1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
1906: San Francisco passes law segregating schools in Chinatown 1906: Japanese workers from Aeiea Plantation go on strike asserting that inequality is both undemocratic and un-American. After this strike, plantation owners began a massive campaign to import Filipino workers, who were easier to control. 1907:Gentlemen's Agreement limits Asian immigration in Hawaii 1909: A devastating earthquake forces Japanese into Little Toykos across Los Angelos County, where they worked on the railroad, in farming, and in small businesses 1909: Homer Lea writes The Valor of Ignorance about a future war between Japan and America, sweeping a feeling of hatred towards Japanese Americans across the United States 1913: The California Assembly passes the Alien Land Law forbidding Asians to buy or lease land for more than three years 1915: Discrimination against Japanese woman in wages becomes apparent with a Japanese woman's salary at 55 cents a day compared to the man's 78 cents. 1919: The Japanese Association publically opposes discrimination, leading to a storm of protest in Japanese-American communities 1920-1923: California state legislature passed stricter laws depriving Japanese of right to lease land or to purchase it on behalf of minors 1921: In Turlock, California, labor organizers threw out Japanese workers from fields all around the area 1922: The U.S. Supreme Court denied Tadeo Ozawa citizenship although he had been a U.S. resident for almost his entire life 1924: The Immigration Act limits Asian immigration and is known as "National Humiliation Day" by the Japanese 1930: Japanese American Citizen's League (JACL) founded by an educated Nisei group
1930-1940: JACL spawns 50 chapters, with membership at 5600 1941: On December 7, Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, increasing fear and hatred toward Japanese 1941: All Japanese banks and businesses in the United States are seized. Seven hundred to one thousand Japanese nationals are taken into custody
1942: The Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration is formed, headed by John H. Tolan February 1942: Scores of Japanese fishermen and fish canners are sent to Terminal Island March 2: DeWitt anounced Proclamation No.1 (first in series of Order 9066) for Japanese evacuation of the West Coast and Arizona March 3: An evacuation of all "enemy" aliens of the Pacific coastal area.(half of Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona) March 4: De Witt starts to move evacuees without being ordered March 6: Little Toyko of Southern California dies away March 23: Southern Californians are sent to work at Manzanar, a Japanese internment camp.
Chinese-American History (1848-1940)
1848: The discovery of gold at John Sutter's Mill in 1848 brought a large migration of Chinese to California 1852: A load of men arrive in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to search for gold 1852: The Columbia mining district of Tuolumne County held a mass meeting during which various merchants, sponsers, and shipowners were assailed for their part in bringing Chinese to California 1854: The case People vs. Hall rules that the Chinese are not allowed testimony in court. 1854: The Chinese Six Companies form to protect and regulate Chinese communities 1854: Yung Wing is the first Chinese-American to graduate from college, graduating from Yale University 1855: The California Legislature passed the Foreign Miner's Tax of four dollars a month 1858: California passes a law barring the entry of Chinese or "Mongolians" 1859: Chinese are excluded from public schools on the West Coast 1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
1907:Gentlemen's Agreement limits Asian immigration in Hawaii 1909: A devastating earthquake forces Japanese into Little Toykos across Los Angelos County, where they worked on the railroad, in farming, and in small businesses 1909: Homer Lea writes The Valor of Ignorance about a future war between Japan and America, sweeping a feeling of hatred towards Japanese Americans across the United States 1913: The California Assembly passes the Alien Land Law forbidding Asians to buy or lease land for more than three years 1915: Discrimination against Japanese woman in wages becomes apparent with a Japanese woman's salary at 55 cents a day compared to the man's 78 cents. 1919: The Japanese Association publically opposes discrimination, leading to a storm of protest in Japanese-American communities 1920-1923: California state legislature passed stricter laws depriving Japanese of right to lease land or to purchase it on behalf of minors 1921: In Turlock, California, labor organizers threw out Japanese workers from fields all around the area 1922: The U.S. Supreme Court denied Tadeo Ozawa citizenship although he had been a U.S. resident for almost his entire life 1924: The Immigration Act limits Asian immigration and is known as "National Humiliation Day" by the Japanese 1930: Japanese American Citizen's League (JACL) founded by an educated Nisei group
1930-1940: JACL spawns 50 chapters, with membership at 5600 1941: On December 7, Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, increasing fear and hatred toward Japanese 1941: All Japanese banks and businesses in the United States are seized. Seven hundred to one thousand Japanese nationals are taken into custody
1942: The Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration is formed, headed by John H. Tolan February 1942: Scores of Japanese fishermen and fish canners are sent to Terminal Island March 2: DeWitt anounced Proclamation No.1 (first in series of Order 9066) for Japanese evacuation of the West Coast and Arizona March 3: An evacuation of all "enemy" aliens of the Pacific coastal area.(half of Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona) March 4: De Witt starts to move evacuees without being ordered March 6: Little Toyko of Southern California dies away March 23: Southern Californians are sent to work at Manzanar, a Japanese internment camp.
Chinese-American History (1848-1940)
1848: The discovery of gold at John Sutter's Mill in 1848 brought a large migration of Chinese to California 1852: A load of men arrive in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to search for gold 1852: The Columbia mining district of Tuolumne County held a mass meeting during which various merchants, sponsers, and shipowners were assailed for their part in bringing Chinese to California 1854: The case People vs. Hall rules that the Chinese are not allowed testimony in court. 1854: The Chinese Six Companies form to protect and regulate Chinese communities 1854: Yung Wing is the first Chinese-American to graduate from college, graduating from Yale University 1855: The California Legislature passed the Foreign Miner's Tax of four dollars a month 1858: California passes a law barring the entry of Chinese or "Mongolians" 1859: Chinese are excluded from public schools on the West Coast 1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
1909: Homer Lea writes The Valor of Ignorance about a future war between Japan and America, sweeping a feeling of hatred towards Japanese Americans across the United States 1913: The California Assembly passes the Alien Land Law forbidding Asians to buy or lease land for more than three years 1915: Discrimination against Japanese woman in wages becomes apparent with a Japanese woman's salary at 55 cents a day compared to the man's 78 cents. 1919: The Japanese Association publically opposes discrimination, leading to a storm of protest in Japanese-American communities 1920-1923: California state legislature passed stricter laws depriving Japanese of right to lease land or to purchase it on behalf of minors 1921: In Turlock, California, labor organizers threw out Japanese workers from fields all around the area 1922: The U.S. Supreme Court denied Tadeo Ozawa citizenship although he had been a U.S. resident for almost his entire life 1924: The Immigration Act limits Asian immigration and is known as "National Humiliation Day" by the Japanese 1930: Japanese American Citizen's League (JACL) founded by an educated Nisei group
1930-1940: JACL spawns 50 chapters, with membership at 5600 1941: On December 7, Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, increasing fear and hatred toward Japanese 1941: All Japanese banks and businesses in the United States are seized. Seven hundred to one thousand Japanese nationals are taken into custody
1942: The Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration is formed, headed by John H. Tolan February 1942: Scores of Japanese fishermen and fish canners are sent to Terminal Island March 2: DeWitt anounced Proclamation No.1 (first in series of Order 9066) for Japanese evacuation of the West Coast and Arizona March 3: An evacuation of all "enemy" aliens of the Pacific coastal area.(half of Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona) March 4: De Witt starts to move evacuees without being ordered March 6: Little Toyko of Southern California dies away March 23: Southern Californians are sent to work at Manzanar, a Japanese internment camp.
Chinese-American History (1848-1940)
1848: The discovery of gold at John Sutter's Mill in 1848 brought a large migration of Chinese to California 1852: A load of men arrive in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to search for gold 1852: The Columbia mining district of Tuolumne County held a mass meeting during which various merchants, sponsers, and shipowners were assailed for their part in bringing Chinese to California 1854: The case People vs. Hall rules that the Chinese are not allowed testimony in court. 1854: The Chinese Six Companies form to protect and regulate Chinese communities 1854: Yung Wing is the first Chinese-American to graduate from college, graduating from Yale University 1855: The California Legislature passed the Foreign Miner's Tax of four dollars a month 1858: California passes a law barring the entry of Chinese or "Mongolians" 1859: Chinese are excluded from public schools on the West Coast 1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
1915: Discrimination against Japanese woman in wages becomes apparent with a Japanese woman's salary at 55 cents a day compared to the man's 78 cents. 1919: The Japanese Association publically opposes discrimination, leading to a storm of protest in Japanese-American communities 1920-1923: California state legislature passed stricter laws depriving Japanese of right to lease land or to purchase it on behalf of minors 1921: In Turlock, California, labor organizers threw out Japanese workers from fields all around the area 1922: The U.S. Supreme Court denied Tadeo Ozawa citizenship although he had been a U.S. resident for almost his entire life 1924: The Immigration Act limits Asian immigration and is known as "National Humiliation Day" by the Japanese 1930: Japanese American Citizen's League (JACL) founded by an educated Nisei group
1930-1940: JACL spawns 50 chapters, with membership at 5600 1941: On December 7, Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, increasing fear and hatred toward Japanese 1941: All Japanese banks and businesses in the United States are seized. Seven hundred to one thousand Japanese nationals are taken into custody
1942: The Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration is formed, headed by John H. Tolan February 1942: Scores of Japanese fishermen and fish canners are sent to Terminal Island March 2: DeWitt anounced Proclamation No.1 (first in series of Order 9066) for Japanese evacuation of the West Coast and Arizona March 3: An evacuation of all "enemy" aliens of the Pacific coastal area.(half of Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona) March 4: De Witt starts to move evacuees without being ordered March 6: Little Toyko of Southern California dies away March 23: Southern Californians are sent to work at Manzanar, a Japanese internment camp.
Chinese-American History (1848-1940)
1848: The discovery of gold at John Sutter's Mill in 1848 brought a large migration of Chinese to California 1852: A load of men arrive in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to search for gold 1852: The Columbia mining district of Tuolumne County held a mass meeting during which various merchants, sponsers, and shipowners were assailed for their part in bringing Chinese to California 1854: The case People vs. Hall rules that the Chinese are not allowed testimony in court. 1854: The Chinese Six Companies form to protect and regulate Chinese communities 1854: Yung Wing is the first Chinese-American to graduate from college, graduating from Yale University 1855: The California Legislature passed the Foreign Miner's Tax of four dollars a month 1858: California passes a law barring the entry of Chinese or "Mongolians" 1859: Chinese are excluded from public schools on the West Coast 1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
1920-1923: California state legislature passed stricter laws depriving Japanese of right to lease land or to purchase it on behalf of minors 1921: In Turlock, California, labor organizers threw out Japanese workers from fields all around the area 1922: The U.S. Supreme Court denied Tadeo Ozawa citizenship although he had been a U.S. resident for almost his entire life 1924: The Immigration Act limits Asian immigration and is known as "National Humiliation Day" by the Japanese 1930: Japanese American Citizen's League (JACL) founded by an educated Nisei group
1930-1940: JACL spawns 50 chapters, with membership at 5600 1941: On December 7, Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, increasing fear and hatred toward Japanese 1941: All Japanese banks and businesses in the United States are seized. Seven hundred to one thousand Japanese nationals are taken into custody
1942: The Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration is formed, headed by John H. Tolan February 1942: Scores of Japanese fishermen and fish canners are sent to Terminal Island March 2: DeWitt anounced Proclamation No.1 (first in series of Order 9066) for Japanese evacuation of the West Coast and Arizona March 3: An evacuation of all "enemy" aliens of the Pacific coastal area.(half of Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona) March 4: De Witt starts to move evacuees without being ordered March 6: Little Toyko of Southern California dies away March 23: Southern Californians are sent to work at Manzanar, a Japanese internment camp.
Chinese-American History (1848-1940)
1848: The discovery of gold at John Sutter's Mill in 1848 brought a large migration of Chinese to California 1852: A load of men arrive in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to search for gold 1852: The Columbia mining district of Tuolumne County held a mass meeting during which various merchants, sponsers, and shipowners were assailed for their part in bringing Chinese to California 1854: The case People vs. Hall rules that the Chinese are not allowed testimony in court. 1854: The Chinese Six Companies form to protect and regulate Chinese communities 1854: Yung Wing is the first Chinese-American to graduate from college, graduating from Yale University 1855: The California Legislature passed the Foreign Miner's Tax of four dollars a month 1858: California passes a law barring the entry of Chinese or "Mongolians" 1859: Chinese are excluded from public schools on the West Coast 1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
1922: The U.S. Supreme Court denied Tadeo Ozawa citizenship although he had been a U.S. resident for almost his entire life 1924: The Immigration Act limits Asian immigration and is known as "National Humiliation Day" by the Japanese 1930: Japanese American Citizen's League (JACL) founded by an educated Nisei group
1930-1940: JACL spawns 50 chapters, with membership at 5600 1941: On December 7, Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, increasing fear and hatred toward Japanese 1941: All Japanese banks and businesses in the United States are seized. Seven hundred to one thousand Japanese nationals are taken into custody
1942: The Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration is formed, headed by John H. Tolan February 1942: Scores of Japanese fishermen and fish canners are sent to Terminal Island March 2: DeWitt anounced Proclamation No.1 (first in series of Order 9066) for Japanese evacuation of the West Coast and Arizona March 3: An evacuation of all "enemy" aliens of the Pacific coastal area.(half of Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona) March 4: De Witt starts to move evacuees without being ordered March 6: Little Toyko of Southern California dies away March 23: Southern Californians are sent to work at Manzanar, a Japanese internment camp.
Chinese-American History (1848-1940)
1848: The discovery of gold at John Sutter's Mill in 1848 brought a large migration of Chinese to California 1852: A load of men arrive in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to search for gold 1852: The Columbia mining district of Tuolumne County held a mass meeting during which various merchants, sponsers, and shipowners were assailed for their part in bringing Chinese to California 1854: The case People vs. Hall rules that the Chinese are not allowed testimony in court. 1854: The Chinese Six Companies form to protect and regulate Chinese communities 1854: Yung Wing is the first Chinese-American to graduate from college, graduating from Yale University 1855: The California Legislature passed the Foreign Miner's Tax of four dollars a month 1858: California passes a law barring the entry of Chinese or "Mongolians" 1859: Chinese are excluded from public schools on the West Coast 1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
1930: Japanese American Citizen's League (JACL) founded by an educated Nisei group
1930-1940: JACL spawns 50 chapters, with membership at 5600 1941: On December 7, Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, increasing fear and hatred toward Japanese 1941: All Japanese banks and businesses in the United States are seized. Seven hundred to one thousand Japanese nationals are taken into custody
1942: The Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration is formed, headed by John H. Tolan February 1942: Scores of Japanese fishermen and fish canners are sent to Terminal Island March 2: DeWitt anounced Proclamation No.1 (first in series of Order 9066) for Japanese evacuation of the West Coast and Arizona March 3: An evacuation of all "enemy" aliens of the Pacific coastal area.(half of Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona) March 4: De Witt starts to move evacuees without being ordered March 6: Little Toyko of Southern California dies away March 23: Southern Californians are sent to work at Manzanar, a Japanese internment camp.
Chinese-American History (1848-1940)
1848: The discovery of gold at John Sutter's Mill in 1848 brought a large migration of Chinese to California 1852: A load of men arrive in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to search for gold 1852: The Columbia mining district of Tuolumne County held a mass meeting during which various merchants, sponsers, and shipowners were assailed for their part in bringing Chinese to California 1854: The case People vs. Hall rules that the Chinese are not allowed testimony in court. 1854: The Chinese Six Companies form to protect and regulate Chinese communities 1854: Yung Wing is the first Chinese-American to graduate from college, graduating from Yale University 1855: The California Legislature passed the Foreign Miner's Tax of four dollars a month 1858: California passes a law barring the entry of Chinese or "Mongolians" 1859: Chinese are excluded from public schools on the West Coast 1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
1941: On December 7, Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, increasing fear and hatred toward Japanese 1941: All Japanese banks and businesses in the United States are seized. Seven hundred to one thousand Japanese nationals are taken into custody
1942: The Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration is formed, headed by John H. Tolan February 1942: Scores of Japanese fishermen and fish canners are sent to Terminal Island March 2: DeWitt anounced Proclamation No.1 (first in series of Order 9066) for Japanese evacuation of the West Coast and Arizona March 3: An evacuation of all "enemy" aliens of the Pacific coastal area.(half of Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona) March 4: De Witt starts to move evacuees without being ordered March 6: Little Toyko of Southern California dies away March 23: Southern Californians are sent to work at Manzanar, a Japanese internment camp.
Chinese-American History (1848-1940)
1848: The discovery of gold at John Sutter's Mill in 1848 brought a large migration of Chinese to California 1852: A load of men arrive in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to search for gold 1852: The Columbia mining district of Tuolumne County held a mass meeting during which various merchants, sponsers, and shipowners were assailed for their part in bringing Chinese to California 1854: The case People vs. Hall rules that the Chinese are not allowed testimony in court. 1854: The Chinese Six Companies form to protect and regulate Chinese communities 1854: Yung Wing is the first Chinese-American to graduate from college, graduating from Yale University 1855: The California Legislature passed the Foreign Miner's Tax of four dollars a month 1858: California passes a law barring the entry of Chinese or "Mongolians" 1859: Chinese are excluded from public schools on the West Coast 1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
1941: All Japanese banks and businesses in the United States are seized. Seven hundred to one thousand Japanese nationals are taken into custody
1942: The Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration is formed, headed by John H. Tolan February 1942: Scores of Japanese fishermen and fish canners are sent to Terminal Island March 2: DeWitt anounced Proclamation No.1 (first in series of Order 9066) for Japanese evacuation of the West Coast and Arizona March 3: An evacuation of all "enemy" aliens of the Pacific coastal area.(half of Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona) March 4: De Witt starts to move evacuees without being ordered March 6: Little Toyko of Southern California dies away March 23: Southern Californians are sent to work at Manzanar, a Japanese internment camp.
Chinese-American History (1848-1940)
1848: The discovery of gold at John Sutter's Mill in 1848 brought a large migration of Chinese to California 1852: A load of men arrive in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to search for gold 1852: The Columbia mining district of Tuolumne County held a mass meeting during which various merchants, sponsers, and shipowners were assailed for their part in bringing Chinese to California 1854: The case People vs. Hall rules that the Chinese are not allowed testimony in court. 1854: The Chinese Six Companies form to protect and regulate Chinese communities 1854: Yung Wing is the first Chinese-American to graduate from college, graduating from Yale University 1855: The California Legislature passed the Foreign Miner's Tax of four dollars a month 1858: California passes a law barring the entry of Chinese or "Mongolians" 1859: Chinese are excluded from public schools on the West Coast 1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
February 1942: Scores of Japanese fishermen and fish canners are sent to Terminal Island March 2: DeWitt anounced Proclamation No.1 (first in series of Order 9066) for Japanese evacuation of the West Coast and Arizona March 3: An evacuation of all "enemy" aliens of the Pacific coastal area.(half of Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona) March 4: De Witt starts to move evacuees without being ordered March 6: Little Toyko of Southern California dies away March 23: Southern Californians are sent to work at Manzanar, a Japanese internment camp.
Chinese-American History (1848-1940)
1848: The discovery of gold at John Sutter's Mill in 1848 brought a large migration of Chinese to California 1852: A load of men arrive in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to search for gold 1852: The Columbia mining district of Tuolumne County held a mass meeting during which various merchants, sponsers, and shipowners were assailed for their part in bringing Chinese to California 1854: The case People vs. Hall rules that the Chinese are not allowed testimony in court. 1854: The Chinese Six Companies form to protect and regulate Chinese communities 1854: Yung Wing is the first Chinese-American to graduate from college, graduating from Yale University 1855: The California Legislature passed the Foreign Miner's Tax of four dollars a month 1858: California passes a law barring the entry of Chinese or "Mongolians" 1859: Chinese are excluded from public schools on the West Coast 1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
March 3: An evacuation of all "enemy" aliens of the Pacific coastal area.(half of Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona) March 4: De Witt starts to move evacuees without being ordered March 6: Little Toyko of Southern California dies away March 23: Southern Californians are sent to work at Manzanar, a Japanese internment camp.
Chinese-American History (1848-1940)
1848: The discovery of gold at John Sutter's Mill in 1848 brought a large migration of Chinese to California 1852: A load of men arrive in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to search for gold 1852: The Columbia mining district of Tuolumne County held a mass meeting during which various merchants, sponsers, and shipowners were assailed for their part in bringing Chinese to California 1854: The case People vs. Hall rules that the Chinese are not allowed testimony in court. 1854: The Chinese Six Companies form to protect and regulate Chinese communities 1854: Yung Wing is the first Chinese-American to graduate from college, graduating from Yale University 1855: The California Legislature passed the Foreign Miner's Tax of four dollars a month 1858: California passes a law barring the entry of Chinese or "Mongolians" 1859: Chinese are excluded from public schools on the West Coast 1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
March 6: Little Toyko of Southern California dies away March 23: Southern Californians are sent to work at Manzanar, a Japanese internment camp.
Chinese-American History (1848-1940)
1848: The discovery of gold at John Sutter's Mill in 1848 brought a large migration of Chinese to California 1852: A load of men arrive in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to search for gold 1852: The Columbia mining district of Tuolumne County held a mass meeting during which various merchants, sponsers, and shipowners were assailed for their part in bringing Chinese to California 1854: The case People vs. Hall rules that the Chinese are not allowed testimony in court. 1854: The Chinese Six Companies form to protect and regulate Chinese communities 1854: Yung Wing is the first Chinese-American to graduate from college, graduating from Yale University 1855: The California Legislature passed the Foreign Miner's Tax of four dollars a month 1858: California passes a law barring the entry of Chinese or "Mongolians" 1859: Chinese are excluded from public schools on the West Coast 1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
Chinese-American History (1848-1940)
1848: The discovery of gold at John Sutter's Mill in 1848 brought a large migration of Chinese to California 1852: A load of men arrive in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to search for gold 1852: The Columbia mining district of Tuolumne County held a mass meeting during which various merchants, sponsers, and shipowners were assailed for their part in bringing Chinese to California 1854: The case People vs. Hall rules that the Chinese are not allowed testimony in court. 1854: The Chinese Six Companies form to protect and regulate Chinese communities 1854: Yung Wing is the first Chinese-American to graduate from college, graduating from Yale University 1855: The California Legislature passed the Foreign Miner's Tax of four dollars a month 1858: California passes a law barring the entry of Chinese or "Mongolians" 1859: Chinese are excluded from public schools on the West Coast 1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
Chinese-American History (1848-1940)
1852: A load of men arrive in the Sierra Nevada Mountains to search for gold 1852: The Columbia mining district of Tuolumne County held a mass meeting during which various merchants, sponsers, and shipowners were assailed for their part in bringing Chinese to California 1854: The case People vs. Hall rules that the Chinese are not allowed testimony in court. 1854: The Chinese Six Companies form to protect and regulate Chinese communities 1854: Yung Wing is the first Chinese-American to graduate from college, graduating from Yale University 1855: The California Legislature passed the Foreign Miner's Tax of four dollars a month 1858: California passes a law barring the entry of Chinese or "Mongolians" 1859: Chinese are excluded from public schools on the West Coast 1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
1854: The case People vs. Hall rules that the Chinese are not allowed testimony in court. 1854: The Chinese Six Companies form to protect and regulate Chinese communities 1854: Yung Wing is the first Chinese-American to graduate from college, graduating from Yale University 1855: The California Legislature passed the Foreign Miner's Tax of four dollars a month 1858: California passes a law barring the entry of Chinese or "Mongolians" 1859: Chinese are excluded from public schools on the West Coast 1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
1854: Yung Wing is the first Chinese-American to graduate from college, graduating from Yale University 1855: The California Legislature passed the Foreign Miner's Tax of four dollars a month 1858: California passes a law barring the entry of Chinese or "Mongolians" 1859: Chinese are excluded from public schools on the West Coast 1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
1858: California passes a law barring the entry of Chinese or "Mongolians" 1859: Chinese are excluded from public schools on the West Coast 1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
1860's: Surface mines of California were exhausted and big corporations took over the mining industry. Many Chinese packed up and moved to cities 1864: The chairman of the Chinese Six Companies, a mutual aid organization, received a requrest for Chinese laborers to work on the construction of the Transcontinntal Railroad. By the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, 12,000 Chinese workers had played a part in its construction. 1866: Many Chinese men killed while dynamiting granite walls at Cape Horn
