America’s first major immigration crackdown and the making and breaking of the West

Illustration depicting Chinese laborers clearing snow on the Pacific Railroad in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Dated 19th century.

Chinese immigrants sacrificed to create America’s first transcontinental railroad. Its completion may have contributed to a backlash that led to the first major immigration clampdown in U.S. history.

(Image credit: Ann Ronan Picture Library/Photo 12)

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