Lecture 11: Chinese Immigration and Life in California, 1850-1882

1. Part of Worldwide Chinese Diaspora in l9th century
   1. Overall Totals, Destinations
   2. Extent of U.S. Portion
      
      
2. Origins and Motivations of Chinese Immigrants
   1. Origins -- Guangdong Province
   2. Immediate Motivations
      1. agricultural difficulties
      2. political upheaval
         a. Opium Wars
         b. internal rebellions
         
      3. draw of California gold

3. Mechanisms of Migration
   1. Credit Ticket System
   2. Chinese Six Companies

4. Economic Life in California
   1. Mining
   2. Railroads
   3. Manufacturing in San Francisco
   4. Agriculture

Lecture 12: Anti-Chinese Laws and Chinese Resistance, 1850-92

1. Anti-Chinese Legislation
   1. State of California
      1. Early Legal Discrimination
      2. Economic Discrimination: Anti-coolie Clubs
      3. Chinese and California Politics
      4. Legal Discrimination against Women
         
         
   2. Federal level-- Toward Exclusion
      1. Renegotiation of Burlingame Treaty
      2. Page Law, 1875
      3. Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882
      4. Extensions of Act

2. Chinese Legal Challenges
   
   A. Chinese Six Companies: Legislative Efforts
   
   B. Court Cases
   1. Lin Sing v. Washburn (1862)
   2. Laundry cases: Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886)
   3. Exclusion Act, Geary Act
      1. Habeas corpus cases
      2. Chae Chan Ping v. U.S. (1889)
      3. Fong Yue Ting v. U.S. (1893)
      
      
3. Angel Island