---Alyssa, Jasmine, Josh, Rachel---

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During the early 1900s many Chinese people immigrated to the United States of America from China.

• GOLD RUSH (April 1849-1882) ^[3][4]
  • Trading ships brought the news of the Gold Rush to China and the other Asian countries
  • Chinese people who immigrated over encountered: terrible storms, inadequate food&water, and rapid diseases
  • The Gold Rush brought the idea of a chance of a new life with more money to the Chinese.

• Economic Problems^[5][6][7]
  • Over-investment and low consumption rate
  • Excessive government interference in economic affairs
  • Responded in need of inexpensive labor
  • The Opium War left the Chinese financially unstable
  • Because of financially unstability, people were poor and housing was problematic with large Chinese population

• Political Unrest ^[8]
  • 1912: Sun Yat-sen overthrew the Manchu Dynasty with his Nationalist Party
  • Sun Yat-sen overthrown by Yuan Shi-Kai between 1912-1916
  • Yuan Shi-Kai 1916
  • China split in rule of different military leaders
  • Sun Yat-sen organized the Nationalist Party and gradually assumed control and unites China
  • Disagreement Nationalist Leaders
  • 1921 Communist Party founded and began challenging Nationalist Party
• Foreign invasion ^[9][10]
  • Japanese invasion of China in September 18, 1931
  • Japanese exploded Manchurian railroads to occupy the city of Mukdan
  • Took the Japanese 3 months to cover the entire Manchurian area
  • State of undeclared war
  • Japan occupied the nation for the next two years
  • 50,000 Chinese dead by May 1933
  • Japanese attack again in 1937 and begins and 8 year war

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Others wanted to leave china because they were refugees

• Better oppurtunites and jobs^[11]

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/riseind/chinimms/chinimms.html