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Discover the hidden history of The Page Act of 1875, America's first restrictive federal immigration law. This Winlink DeepDive explores how this legislation, enacted seven years before the Chinese Exclusion Act, was strategically used to effectively ban Chinese women from entering the United States.

We'll trace the journey of early Chinese immigrants who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad and fuel the California Gold Rush, only to be met with pervasive racism and xenophobia. Learn how the Page Act justified their exclusion by labeling them a "moral threat" and subjected them to invasive, humiliating interrogations at Angel Island.

This video details the law's devastating impact: distorting demographics, preventing family formation, and laying the legal groundwork for decades of anti-Asian policy in America. We also highlight the resilience of Asian-American women who fought back and became powerful voices for civil rights and suffrage.

Key Topics Covered:

The Opium Wars and 19th Century Chinese Immigration
The Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad
Anti-Chinese Sentiment and Racism in the 1800s
The Page Act of 1875 vs. The Chinese Exclusion Act
Angel Island Immigration Station Interrogations
Anti-Miscegenation Laws and Their Effects
Asian-American Women in the Suffrage Movement (Mabel Ping-Hua Lee)
Japanese-American Internment and Civil Rights (Yuri Kochiyama, Mitsuye Endo)


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