Asian Americans Civil Rights Movement HW#50

Circumstances… What led to the Asian American Civil Rights Movement?

Gold Rush● The ______ ______ pulled __________ ____________ into ___________ who looked to become

wealthy by becoming miners.○ The influx of Chinese immigrants into California leads to the increase of ___________

Yellow Peril● Chinese immigrants were hated because they took the jobs of whites for cheaper pay, and the

phrase ________ ______ became very popular. Yellow Peril meant that having too many Chinese immigrants in the US will _________ Western Civilization.

Oriental SchoolsExamples of Nativism….● Chinese are excluded from San Francisco public schools

○ New _____________ ___________ ______ are built in mainly the West Coast.

Police TaxExamples of Nativism….● California imposes a "__________ ____" of $2.50 a month on every Chinese.

Chinese Exclusion Act

Examples of Nativism….● The __________ ___________ _____ is signed into law banning immigration from China.

Alien Land LawExamples of Nativism….● California enacts the ______ _______ _____ which bans Asians from owning property in the state

Internment Camps

● After Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, President Franklin Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066 ordering Japanese Americans to be placed in _______________ ______.

Bellingham Riots

The _______________ ______ occurred on September 4, 1907 when a mob of 500 white men attacked the homes of Indians. The mob beat Indian workers and stole their belongings.

● No one was killed but 6 Indians were hospitalized and the mob of white men was ______ punished for their acts.

● By the next day 125 South Asians decided to move to Canada.

9/11 Terrorist Attacks

Racism against Arab Americans and Muslims had increased after the _____________ ____, 2001 ____________ _________.● Immigrants from Southeast Asia, India, and the Middle East have also faced _______________

and _______ _______ have increased as some Americans mistake Muslim Arabs with immigrants from these other countries.

Hate Crimes● A Sikh, Balbir Singh Sodhi, was murdered at a gas station by a _______ ____________. The

murderer claimed that his ________ made him think that the victim was a Middle Eastern American.

● In December 2012, an Indian American in NYC was pushed and _______ onto the tracks at the ___ _______ station in Sunnyside. The police arrested the woman who pushed him and she said she had pushed him because she believed he was "a Hindu or a Muslim _____________"

Goal…To advance the civil and human rights for Asian Americans and to build and promote a fair and equitable society for all.

Methods to achieve change… How did Asian American fight to gain Civil Rights?

Fred Korematsu

Fred ______________, a Japanese American citizen sues the U.S. over the internment camps ordered by President Roosevelt. He loses the case as the Supreme Court rules that in times of war civil rights can be limited.● In 1988 the US gov. Paid $20,000 to surviving Japanese who were interned.

Day ● To commemorate his journey as a civil rights activist, "_______ _____________ ______" was observed for the first time on 2011.

marching for Vincent Chin

● ___________ ______, a Chinese American, is killed by two American men in a very publicized hate crime.

● The two Americans pleaded guilty to killing Vincent Chin but neither man spent a single day in jail, they were just fined $3,780.

● The brutal murder and light sentence outraged the Asian American community. Rallies and ________ across the US broke out and attracted national media attention.

Notable People…

Yuri Kochiyama_______ ______________ was an American citizen of Japanese descent. She was born in California and was a schoolteacher until 1942, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which imprisoned American citizens because of their ethnicity.

● She went on to protest everything from discriminatory hiring practices, to helping secure reparations for the interned of World War II. She joined Malcolm X's organization of Afro-American Unity.

Other notable Asian

Americans

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Reforms… How did Asian Americans gain Civil Rights?

Citizenship ● Wong Kim Ark sues the federal government and wins his case establishing the precedent that Chinese born in the U.S. are ______________ ___________.

Lau v. Nichols ● In the case ______________________, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that students' access to an educational program cannot be denied because of their inability to speak or understand English. This creates ___________ and _____ (English as a Second Language) programs all over the country!

The Immigration Act of 1965

● ____ _____________ ____ ____________ _____ ___ _______: The Act ended racist immigration bans that once excluded Latin Americans, Asians, and Africans from immigrating to the U.S.

Next Steps… What else is needed for Hispanic Americans to gain Civil Rights?

The “glass ceiling”

● A “_______ ___________” still hovers over Asian Americans in the workplace—despite the large number of Asian American professionals, most are unable to break into top management positions still predominantly led by those who are white (97%) and male (95%). Less than _____ _________ of college presidents are Asian American.

Trump’s travel ban

● President Donald _______ issues an Executive Order to start a ________ _____ of refugees and immigrants from 7 _________ ___________. The Order also includes a provision to build a ______ between _____ and ___________.

○ The Supreme Court blocks Trump’s travel ban but his plans to build the border wall are still on the way…

To what extent did the Federal Government achieve a more inclusive society for Asian Americans?