What are some geographic and cultural reasons why so many Chinese immigrants settled in California?

Some reasons many Chinese immigrants settled in California is because of the 1849 gold rush. Another reason is perhaps since they did not have much money, they couldn't waste it on traveling much farther than California because they were inspected in Angel Island, an island in the San Fransico bay.

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saltywhitehorse saltywhitehorse · Answer 2 · 2021-10-05T17:43:41+02:00

Chinese immigrants arrived in California during the mid-1800s.

Some of the reason for the immigration of Chinese was war, poverty and poor economic conditions in the southern part of China.
In the 1850s, thousands of Chinese men immigrated to California (San Francisco).
The majority came to California after hearing about the gold rush.
Most Chinese immigrants work in gold and other mines.

They also worked in railroad construction in the west that connected the east (the transcontinental railroad) and agriculture.

Therefore we can conclude that the geographic reasons and economic allowed Chinese immigrants in California.

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