As white populations moved westward in the 19th century, Chinese immigrants and Hispanic Americans faced racism and discrimination and were unable to compete on an equal basis for land. Eventually, both groups settled into urban areas where their numbers helped them to maintain their culture and traditions.

Concepts

westward expansion, the american west

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Additional Tags

expanding west, openstax: the impact of expansion on chinese immigrants and hispanic citizens, rice university, treatment of chinese immigrants and hispanic citizens, chinese immigrants, chinese immigrants and the gold rush, hispanic north america

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)