Geo Asian discrimination Flashcards
1
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Push factors
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various conditions that sway or force people to leave their homeland.
2
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Pull factors
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Various reasons for attracting people to a new place.
3
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Chinese immigration act
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intended to limit the amount of Chinese immigrants to Canada by charging each immigrant a head tax of 50 dollars.
4
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1907 Labour Day Riot
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Rioting and vandalizim in Chinatown and the Japanese district of Vancouver.
The Chinese went on strike. The city of Van paid compensation to those whose shops were vandalized.
5
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The Chinese Exclusion Act
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Had dramatic effects in terms of reducing immigration.
Only 15 people immigrated between 1924 and 1946
6
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Internment camps
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In 1942, all Japanese in B.C were rounded up, their properties and possessions sold or auctioned and sent to internment camps.
