成才之路英语（人教版·通用）选修8配套课件：Unit 1.pptVIP

The first big wave of Chinese immigration to America came when gold was discovered in California in 1848. The Chinese called the new land “Mountain of Gold”．Those who did not become miners found work in railroad construction, farming and light industries, doing low-paid jobs. By the 1880s, American industrialization brought changing economic realities, resulting in an explosion of resentment toward the Chinese laborers. They were accused of taking jobs away from the white man. The government issued Chinese Exclusion Acts (排华法案) to stop the immigration of Chinese laborers into the Unite