true or false??

Question

Prior to the 1900s, the immigration of people from Asia to North America was quite limited in number and extremely sporadic in occurrence. Beginning in the years leading up to World War I, the number of Asians immigrating to North America began to increase dramatically.

Answer 1

Hey Hayle J,

That is true. The first significant wave of Asians immigrated to the US halfway through the 19th century. Many of them were trying to get rich off of the Gold Rush and send the money to their poor families at home. The Chinese in particular were also noted to work long and hard hours under horrible conditions on the First Transcontinental Railroad. They faced much discrimination and horrible treatment from white Americans as a result of the sharp immigration. The white Americans were worried that the Chinese would take their jobs. In 1882 Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act as a way to stunt Chinese immigration into the US. The Act banned the Chinese from immigrating and also put a large tax on noncitizens of the US. The Act halted Chinese immigration for 10 years. 

I hope I answered your question thoroughly enough.