Please Read Chapter 4-7 PDF provided as attached. After you have read, you will keep a running notebook of important events, figures and concepts in Asian American history. Each week you will be...

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Title: Asian American History
Chinese Exclusion Act 1882
    The United States passed the country's first immigration law in the year 1882 where they selected and singled out a particular immigrant group for large-scale exclusion. The mass exclusion was primarily and centrally based on racial differences. According to Dunigan, although the total count of the immigration of Chinese immigrants in the United States was limited from 1870 to 1880, the incident sparked a lot of controversial events in the country. It led to the development of several violent and racist campaigns in the United States. This has had a huge impact on the course of the history of the United States as well as the shape and regulation of international migration across the world.
Massacre at Rock Springs 1885
    By the year 1885, the violence between the American citizens and the Chinese immigrants had increased to a great extent. According to Nguyen and Yung, in the February of 1885, around 300 Chinese immigrants residing in the regions of Eureka, California were rounded by the American citizens for the issue of accidentally killing a city councilman. The incident sparked the massacre at Rock Springs in September 1885, which led to the killing of twenty-eight Chinese miners and fifteen wounded miners in the Rock Springs before other immigrants. Hundreds were also driven to the deserts. In November 1885, as many as 800 to 900 Chinese immigrants residing in Tacoma, Washington were forced out of the city by 500 armed men.
Picture Brides
The picture brides were the practice of selecting wives from the native countries with the help of a matchmaker. It was a practice that was prevalent in the 20th century and among the immigrant workers who chiefly hailed from Japanese and Korean descent. The practice was thoroughly observed in Hawaii, as well as the western coast of the United States and Canada. According to Vaggalis, the matchmaking process where the bride and the groom were selected, was done only through the use of photographs as well as with the help of family recommendations of the candidates. Between the years 1905 and 1924, as many as 1000 picture brides immigrated to the United States.
Korean National Association
    The immigrants who left Korea for the reasons of economic upliftment as well as to gain freedom in a free country such as the United States were extremely helped and supported by the Korean National Association. The Association immensely helped the immigrants to find security and safety in the new country. According to Hong, it also helped the refugee students of Korea who came to...