The "selfish" action was more obvious in the Exclusion Laws (anti-Chinese movement.) During the 1860's, when California needed Chinese labor, American diplomats negotiated the BURLINGAME TREATY with China in 1868, which agreed to Chinese immigration to American and American immigration to China. However, in the 1870's, American no longer wanted Chinese to came to America because most the job (railroads) were finished and the depression that started in 1873, which many Americans were unemployed and needed the job. The anti-Chinese movement became so strong that the Burlingame Treaty was changed in 1880,which it allowed the United States government to limit Chinese immigration. Chinese was the first time in the history of the United States that one group of people was picked out for limited immigration! Chinese had not done any thing wrong, but helped to build the California and the western. The favors that Americans returned were so cool and unfair! In my opinion, the Chinese workers nearly liked the slave!
By understanding the history of the Chinese's, I truly proud of what the Chinese did and deeply feel sympathy for the way they had been treated. Hopefully the history of Chinese and others can teach people to avoid the same thing happen over and over again!
