Asian American Culture

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Asian American Culture

• Presented by
• Andrew Santee
• and
• Stephanie Bartos

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Asians in America

• In the 1830s Chinese began working as sugar
  masters in Hawaii as well as being peddlers and
  sailors in New York
• In the late 1840s- 1850s, Asians used for
  workers in California Gold Rush
• Chinese and Japanese are used for building the
  transcontinental railroad in the 1860s

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• The Burlingane Treaty was signed in 1868 to
  ensure friendship and welcome Asians into
  America. The population of Asian Americans
  increased 10 times over 30 years after the Treaty
• Asian Immigrant receive many acts of
  discrimination such as not being allowed in
  public schools, not allowed to testify in court,
  and limited marriages up until 1900s

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• After 1900, Asians are targets of riots and hate
  crimes, as well as legislation passed against
  buying land known as alien land laws
• In the early 1900s, Asians try to get equal
  rights by striking in various states and creating
  labor unions
• After declaration of WWII, Japanse are put into
  Department of Justice camps
• With the conclusion of WWII, all exclusionary
  laws against Asians were abolished

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• In 1989 President George Bush signs into law an
  entitlement program to pay each surviving
  Japanese American from WWII camps 20,000
• Asians flourish now in America with the creation
  of Chinese and Japanese schools
• Many Chinatowns and other Asian influenced
  neighborhoods have been created

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Contributions of Asians to American Society

• Chinese created the oldest form of Martial Arts,
  Karate. It is dated back as early as 496 AD
• Chinese history includes the earliest forms of
  Astrology
• Fireworks, gunpowder, the compass, tea, and
  ceramics were all created by Chinese

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• Japanese animation, anime, is responsible for
  many video games and marketing personalities,
  such as Hello Kitty
• Japanese are accountable for origami paper
  folding and brining over the first puppets
• The martial art forms of sumo wrestling, judo,
  and ju-jit-su are all from Japan

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• The first forms of silk weaving were created by
  Vietnamese
• A main market created by Asian culture is the
  several varieties of food as well as artwork

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Sources

• http//www.cacbc.org/About/InterestingFacts.html
• http//web.mit.edu/21h.153j/www/chrono.html
• http//www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?story
  Id4472410
• http//www.zeroland.co.nz/japan.html
• http//library.thinkquest.org/25734/data/culture/c
  ulture.html