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The Chinese and Japanese immigrated to America and other countries in search for money. Most who immigrated to America were poor farmers (almost all male) who wanted to find a better life for themselves and their family. The early experience of the Chinese and Japanese immigrants was racism, hard work, and a rough life to adapt in a culture that was not the same as their own. During the period of the gold rush many Chinese people came to California and sought after the gold in the mountains. At first the Chinese were welcomed into America because they took over jobs Americans didn¡¦t want to do, but than these Chinese were used to deal with white laborers who went on strike. Most Chinese people who immigrated worked at mines, plantations and railways. After China lost to Britain in the Opium War, there was a dramatic increase of immigration to the U.S.
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