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China Government/Dynasties	Han Dynasty from 202 to 220 Note: Source citation: Han Dynasty Wikipedia Note: Unification furthered, but harshness lessened and Confucianism made
China Government/Dynasties	Qin or Chin Dynasty from 221 to 209 Note: Source citation: Jin Dynasty Wikipedia Note: Zhou rulers had made it a policy to decentralize power, creating a network of powerful lords who first overthrew the Zhou ruler and then competed for the throne. The winner was Shi Huangdi. The self proclaimed first emperor not only unified China, but went about standardizing writing, weights, and measures throughout his kingdom. This was used to promote internal trade among the newly acquired states. During this time, many schools of thought were outlawed; only Legalism was given official sanction. The only way for emperor to keep his nation
China Government/Dynasties	Three Kingdoms from 220 to 280 Note: Source citation: Three Kingdoms Wikipedia Note: The end of the Han dynasty was marked by the separation of the large families of that dynasty. The families took advantage of the weakened state of the government and started to establish their own private armies. Division into three states: Wei, Shu, Wu. The Wei gradually dominant. Confucianism was eclipsed; increased importance of Taoism and Buddhism. Many scientific advances adopted from India.source
China Government/Dynasties	Northern and Southern Dynasties from 386 to 589 Note: Source citation: Northern and Southern Dynasties Wikipedia
China Government/Dynasties	Jin or Chin Dynasty from 386 to 589 Note: Source citation: Jin Dynasty Wikipedia Note: Founded by a Wei general; gradual expansion to the southeast. Series of barbarian dynasties ruled N China. Continued growth of Buddhism. source
China Government/Dynasties	Sui Dynasty from 581 to 618 Note: Source citation: Sui Dynasty Wikipedia Note: Reunification and centralized government reestablished. Even though Confucianism was officially endorsed, Taoism and Buddhism were acknowledged in formulating a new ideology for the empire. During this time, Buddhism flourished. Great Wall was refortified and the canal system established. source
China Government/Dynasties	Tang Dynasty from 618 to 907 Note: Source citation: Tang Dynasty Wikipedia Note: The Tang dynasty is regarded as the highest point of Chinese civilization. The country was at its largest and wealthiest. Its new-found confidence was reflected particularly in its art and literature. Porcelain became more refined; poetry reached its peak and poems written during the period are still quoted by Chinese today. During the Tang dynasty, Buddhism declined, and Confucianism became more popular. Even though Buddhism was at its peak during the early Tang dynasty, many of the Tang officials were of the Confucian discipline and regarded Buddhism as a disruptive force in China. So, in 845, the Tang emperor started a full-scale persecution of Buddhists. More than 4600 monasteries and 40,000 temples and shrines were destroyed. Other religious groups were also brought under government control. Civil service examinations were based on Confucianism. source
China Government/Dynasties	Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period from 907 to 979 Note: Source citation: Five Dynasties and ten Kingdoms Period Wikipedia Note: Period of warfare, official corruption, general hardship.
China Government/Dynasties	Zhou Dynasty from 1046 to 256 Note: Source citation: Zhou Dynasty Wikipedia Note: Classical age despite political disorder. Written laws, money economy. Iron implements and ox-drawn plows were used. Leaders’ authority were derived from the ‘mandate of heaven’. As long as the ruler, the ‘Son of Heaven,’ was just and fulfilled his sacred duties, the mandate would be maintained. Tyranny however would result in the mandate being withdrawn and the ruler overthrown. It was during the Zhou dynasty that Chinese ideas of morality and just rule were first written. This was the period of Confucius and his follower Mencius, the rise of Daoism and the concept of harmony expressed in the balance of yin and yang. Followed by Warring States period, 480–221 B.C.E. http://mrfarshtey.net/whnotes/CHINESE_DYNASTIES.pdf
China Government/Dynasties	Liao Dynasty from 916 to 1125 Note: Source citation: Liao Dynasty Wikipedia
China Government/Dynasties	Song or Sung Dynasty from 960 to 1279 Note: Source citation: Song Dynasty Wikipedia Note: Period of great social and intellectual change: Neo-Confucianism attains supremacy over Taoism and Buddhism; central bureaucracy reestablished. Widespread cultivation of tea and cotton; gunpowder first used militarily. This was also the golden age of Chinese painting. Militarily however, the Song empire remained weak, preferring diplomacy to warfare. In 1125, the empire was overrun by the Jin, forcing the emperor to flee south. In 1275, China fell to the Mongols. source
China Government/Dynasties	Yuan Dynasty from 1271 to 1368 Note: Source citation: Yuan Dynasty Wikipedia Note: Yuan dynasty of ethnic Mongols. Started by Mongol dynasty founded by Kublai Khan. The Mongols brought China a very different culture. They excluded Chinese from government and placed restrictions on trade. Confucian ideals discouraged intellectuals who would previously have been called to the court or made officials turned to the arts and in particular to Chinese opera which flourished even under Mongol censorship. But while drama developed, China regressed. State revenues shrunk, canal building sucked up money and the country grew poorer. Many missionaries and merchants influenced the Chinese. The most notable foreigner that visited during this time was Marco Polo. Revolts in Mongolia and S China end dynasty. source
China Government/Dynasties	Ming Dynasty from 1368 to 1644 Note: Source citation: Ming Dynasty Wikipedia Note: Mongols expelled. Confucianism, civil service examinations, reinstated. Ming power was great and started to re-establish a tribute among the nonChinese states of East Asia. This tribute required that these states acknowledge the moral and cultural supremacy of the Chinese. In the first quarter of the 15th century, the Ming had decisively defeated the Mongol tribes. This was also a period of naval exploration, at least for a while. Chinese ships reached Africa and maritime Asian nations arrived with tribute. These foreign contacts however, were short-lived and China retreated
Event	Great Clearance from 1661 to 1669 Note: Source citation: The Great Clearance Wikipedia Note: The Qing dynasty edict that cleared 50 li (~15.5 miles) from the coast of China next to Taiwan. Here were based loyalists of the prior Ming dynasty
1st President of the United States	George Washington April 30, 1789
2nd President of the United States	John Adams March 4, 1797
3rd President of the United States	Thomas Jefferson March 4, 1801
4th President of the United States	James Madison March 4, 1809
5th President of the United States	James Monroe March 4, 1817
6th President of the United States	John Quincy Adams March 4, 1825
7th President of the United States	Andrew Jackson March 4, 1829
8th President of the United States	Martin Van Buren March 4, 1837
Chinese Conflicts	First Opium War from September 4, 1839 Note: Source citation: First Opium War Wikipedia Note: Great Britain since the 18th century consumed a lot of Chinese tea. There were no manufactured goods from England that the Chinese desired. The tea had to be purchased by English silver, which caused a drop in reserves. Britain then introduced opium from the British East India Company, and found a ready market in an addicted China. Sensing the destructions of their social fabric, Qing emperors fought and lost to the British this war.
9th President of the United States	William Henry Harrison March 4, 1841
10th President of the United States	John Tyler April 4, 1841
11th President of the United States	James K Polk March 4, 1845
12th President of the United States	Zachary Taylor March 4, 1849
13th President of the United States	Millard Fillmore July 9, 1850
14th President of the United States	Franklin Pierce March 4, 1853
Event	California Gold Rush from January 24, 1848 to 1855 Note: Source citation: California Gold Rush Wikipedia
Event	Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Six Companies) after 1851 Note: Source citation: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Associations Wikipedia Note: Many reasons for these Associations to exist 1. insurance 2. protection 3. companionship 4. ancestor veneration
Chinese Conflicts	Punti–Hakka Clan Wars 1855 Note: Source citation: Hakka Punti Clan Wars Wikipedia
Chinese Conflicts	Red Turban Rebellion from 1854 to 1856 Note: Source citation: Red Turban Rebellions Wikipedia
15th President of the United States	James Buchanan March 4, 1857
Chinese Conflicts	Second Opium War from October 8, 1856 to October 24, 1860 Note: The contestants were the Qing empire against a consortium of American and European powers. Again the Qing were defeated and lost port cities to the control of the western powers. Note: Source citation: Second Opium War Wikipedia
16th President of the United States	Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861
Chinese Conflicts	Taiping Rebellion from December 1850 to August 1864 Note: Source citation: Taiping Rebellion Wikipedia Note: The bloodiest civil war in history with upwards to 70 million killed, between the Qing empire and a theocratic Christian based society. The Qing had to seek help from France and the United Kingdom. This weakened the central Qing government and saw the rise of warlords.
17th President of the United States	Andrew Johnson April 15, 1865
18th President of the United States	Ulysses S Grant March 4, 1869
Event	First transcontinental railroad from 1863 to May 10, 1869 Note: Source citation: First Transcontinental Railroad Wikipedia
19th President of the United States	Rutherford B Hayes March 4, 1877
20th President of the United States	James A Garfield March 4, 1881
21st President of the United States	Chester A Arthur September 19, 1881
22nd President of the United States	Grover Cleveland March 4, 1885
23rd President of the United States	Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889
24th President of the United States	Grover Cleveland March 4, 1893
Chinese Conflicts	First Sino-Japanese War from July 25, 1894 to April 17, 1895 Note: Source citation: First Sino Japanese War Wikipedia Note: This conflict represented failure of the Qing dynasty's military modernization versus Imperial Japan Meiji Restoration's military advancement. The result was ceding of Taiwan and Korea to Japan.
25th President of the United States	William McKinley March 4, 1897
Chinese Conflicts	Boxer Rebellion from November 2, 1899 to September 7, 1901 Note: Source citation: Boxer Rebellion Wikipedia Note: An anti-foreigner rebellion of Chinese peasants and eventually the Qing empire against a consortium of western and Japanese troops.
26th President of the United States	Theodore Roosevelt September 14, 1901
Chinese American Events	1906 San Francisco earthquake April 18, 1906 Note: Public birth records were destroyed in the subsequent fire, which allowed a new opportunity for Chinese to claim American citizenship. Note: Source citation: The Great San Francisco Earthquake Wikipedia
27th President of the United States	William Howard Taft March 4, 1909
China Government/Dynasties	Qing or Ching or Manchu Dynasty from 1636 to 1912 Note: Source citation: Qing Dynasty Wikipedia Note: 2nd foreign dynasty to rule China—Unlike the Mongols however, the Manchu adopted Chinese dress and customs. However, they did force men to wear the queue. Neo-Confucianism was made the official doctrine, demanding loyalty to the emperor, but Chinese culture was preserved and Chinese were excluded only from the very senior court positions. Increasing European trade causedforeign powers divide China into spheres of influence. The Boxer uprising caused the downfall of this last dynasty. source
28th President of the United States	Woodrow Wilson March 4, 1913
Global conflict	World War I from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 Note: Source citation: World War One Wikipedia Note: China's contribution to World War One
29th President of the United States	Warren G Harding March 4, 1921
30th President of the United States	Calvin Coolidge August 2, 1923
31st President of the United States	Herbert Hoover March 4, 1929
Chinese American Events	Tong Wars from 1800 to 1930 Note: Source citation: Tong Wars Wikipedia Note: These started as conflicts between clans and sensationalized by American media as gang and turf urban warfare.
Economic	1929 Great Depression from 1929 to 1930 Note: Source citation: Great Depression Wikipedia Note: Worldwide economic downturn.
Chinese Conflicts	Mukden Incident from September 18, 1931 to February 18, 1932 Note: Source citation: Mukden Incident Wikipedia Note: Imperial Japan starts to subjugate Manchuria for natural resources and living space. Japan wanted a Great Britan like empire calling it the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. The Japan's defeat to the Soviet during the Battles of Khalkhin Gol set the stage for the Japan's Pearl Harbor attack and war with the United States.
32nd President of the United States	Franklin D Roosevelt March 4, 1933
Chinese American Events	Chinese Exclusion Act from May 9, 1882 to 1943 Note: An official act legalizing discrimination against Chinese in the United States. Poster: 'Chinese Must Go'. Note: Source citation: Chinese Exclusion Act Wikipedia
33rd President of the United States	Harry S Truman April 12, 1945
Chinese Conflicts	Second Sino-Japanese War from July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945 Note: Source citation: Second Sino Japanese War (WW@) Wikipedia Note: Some historians consider this the true start of World War Two. Japan's attempt to conquer China, after subjugating Manchukuo.
China Government/Dynasties	Republic of China from 1912 to 1949 Note: Source citation: Republic of China Wikipedia
World Conflict	Attack on Pearl Harbor from December 7, 1941 Note: Source citation: Attack on Pearl Harbor Wikipedia Note: The date the United States enters WW2.
Global Conflict	World War II from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945 Note: Source citation: World War Two Wikipedia Note: Western world's time period for World War II.
Chinese American Events	Internment of Japanese Americans from February 19, 1942 to March 20, 1946 Note: Another example of anti-Asian sentiment in the United States. Note: Source citation: Internment of Japanese Americans Wikipedia
Chinese Conflicts	Chinese Communist/Kuomintang Civil War from August 10, 1945 to December 7, 1949 Note: Source citation: Communist Nationalist Civil War Wikipedia Note: This represented the defeat and withdrawal of the Kuomintang to Taiwan by Mao Zedong
China Government/Dynasties	People's Republic of China 1949 Note: Source citation: Peoples Republic of China Wikipedia
Chinese American Events	McCarthyism from 1940 to 1950 Note: Source citation: McCarthyism Wikipedia Note: An example of memes and slogans during this time was 'better dead than red' and the Domino theory
34th President of the United States	Dwight D Eisenhower January 20, 1953
Chinese American Conflicts	Korean War from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953 Note: Source citation: Korean War Wikipedia
35th President of the United States	John F Kennedy January 20, 1961
36th President of the United States	Lyndon B Johnson November 22, 1963
American Conflicts	Vietnam War from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975 Note: Source citation: Vietnam_War Wikipedia
Chinese Events	Cultural Revolution from 1949 to 1976 Note: The wanton distruction of Chinese clan genealogy documents along with cultural relics by the Red Guards made tracing Chinese Americans family heritage even harder. This represented Mao Zedong' s attempt to regain local control of China. Note: Source citation: Cultural Revolution Wikipedia
American INS program	Chinese Confession Program from 1956 to 1965 Note: Source citation: Chinese Confession Program Wikipedia Note: A program of the Immigration and Naturalization Service allowing reconciliation of the illegal entry status of paper sons. This caused much fear and distrust among the Chinese American population. The number of participants were less than initially predicted.
37th President of the United States	Richard Nixon January 20, 1969
38th President of the United States	Gerald Ford August 9, 1974
39th President of the United States	Jimmy Carter January 20, 1977
40th President of the United States	Ronald Reagan January 20, 1981
41st President of the United States	George H W Bush January 20, 1989
42nd President of the United States	Bill Clinton January 20, 1993
43rd President of the United States	George W Bush January 20, 2001
44th President of the United States	Barack Obama January 20, 2009
45th President of the United States	Donald Trump January 20, 2017
46th President of the United States	Joe Biden January 20, 2021
Chinese American Events\n2 DATE 18 APR 1906	San Francisco earthquake Note: Source citation: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Wikipedia
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China Government/Dynasties

Han Dynasty

from 202 to 220

Note: Source citation: Han Dynasty Wikipedia

Note: Unification furthered, but harshness lessened and Confucianism made

China Government/Dynasties

Qin or Chin Dynasty

from 221 to 209

Note: Source citation: Jin Dynasty Wikipedia

Note: Zhou rulers had made it a policy to decentralize power, creating a network of powerful lords who first overthrew the Zhou ruler and then competed for the throne. The winner was Shi Huangdi. The self proclaimed first emperor not only unified China, but went about standardizing writing, weights, and measures throughout his kingdom. This was used to promote internal trade among the newly acquired states. During this time, many schools of thought were outlawed; only Legalism was given official sanction. The only way for emperor to keep his nation

China Government/Dynasties

Three Kingdoms

from 220 to 280

Note: Source citation: Three Kingdoms Wikipedia

Note: The end of the Han dynasty was marked by the separation of the large families of that dynasty. The families took advantage of the weakened state of the government and started to establish their own private armies. Division into three states: Wei, Shu, Wu. The Wei gradually dominant. Confucianism was eclipsed; increased importance of Taoism and Buddhism. Many scientific advances adopted from India.source

China Government/Dynasties

Northern and Southern Dynasties

from 386 to 589

Note: Source citation: Northern and Southern Dynasties Wikipedia

China Government/Dynasties

Jin or Chin Dynasty

from 386 to 589

Note: Source citation: Jin Dynasty Wikipedia

Note: Founded by a Wei general; gradual expansion to the southeast. Series of barbarian dynasties ruled N China. Continued growth of Buddhism. source

China Government/Dynasties

Sui Dynasty

from 581 to 618

Note: Source citation: Sui Dynasty Wikipedia

Note: Reunification and centralized government reestablished. Even though Confucianism was officially endorsed, Taoism and Buddhism were acknowledged in formulating a new ideology for the empire. During this time, Buddhism flourished. Great Wall was refortified and the canal system established. source

China Government/Dynasties

Tang Dynasty

from 618 to 907

Note: Source citation: Tang Dynasty Wikipedia

Note: The Tang dynasty is regarded as the highest point of Chinese civilization. The country was at its largest and wealthiest. Its new-found confidence was reflected particularly in its art and literature. Porcelain became more refined; poetry reached its peak and poems written during the period are still quoted by Chinese today. During the Tang dynasty, Buddhism declined, and Confucianism became more popular. Even though Buddhism was at its peak during the early Tang dynasty, many of the Tang officials were of the Confucian discipline and regarded Buddhism as a disruptive force in China. So, in 845, the Tang emperor started a full-scale persecution of Buddhists. More than 4600 monasteries and 40,000 temples and shrines were destroyed. Other religious groups were also brought under government control. Civil service examinations were based on Confucianism. source

China Government/Dynasties

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period

from 907 to 979

Note: Source citation: Five Dynasties and ten Kingdoms Period Wikipedia

Note: Period of warfare, official corruption, general hardship.

China Government/Dynasties

Zhou Dynasty

from 1046 to 256

Note: Source citation: Zhou Dynasty Wikipedia

Note: Classical age despite political disorder. Written laws, money economy. Iron implements and ox-drawn plows were used. Leaders’ authority were derived from the ‘mandate of heaven’. As long as the ruler, the ‘Son of Heaven,’ was just and fulfilled his sacred duties, the mandate would be maintained. Tyranny however would result in the mandate being withdrawn and the ruler overthrown. It was during the Zhou dynasty that Chinese ideas of morality and just rule were first written. This was the period of Confucius and his follower Mencius, the rise of Daoism and the concept of harmony expressed in the balance of yin and yang. Followed by Warring States period, 480–221 B.C.E. http://mrfarshtey.net/whnotes/CHINESE_DYNASTIES.pdf

China Government/Dynasties

Liao Dynasty

from 916 to 1125

Note: Source citation: Liao Dynasty Wikipedia

China Government/Dynasties

Song or Sung Dynasty

from 960 to 1279

Note: Source citation: Song Dynasty Wikipedia

Note: Period of great social and intellectual change: Neo-Confucianism attains supremacy over Taoism and Buddhism; central bureaucracy reestablished. Widespread cultivation of tea and cotton; gunpowder first used militarily. This was also the golden age of Chinese painting. Militarily however, the Song empire remained weak, preferring diplomacy to warfare. In 1125, the empire was overrun by the Jin, forcing the emperor to flee south. In 1275, China fell to the Mongols. source

China Government/Dynasties

Yuan Dynasty

from 1271 to 1368

Note: Source citation: Yuan Dynasty Wikipedia

Note: Yuan dynasty of ethnic Mongols. Started by Mongol dynasty founded by Kublai Khan. The Mongols brought China a very different culture. They excluded Chinese from government and placed restrictions on trade. Confucian ideals discouraged intellectuals who would previously have been called to the court or made officials turned to the arts and in particular to Chinese opera which flourished even under Mongol censorship. But while drama developed, China regressed. State revenues shrunk, canal building sucked up money and the country grew poorer. Many missionaries and merchants influenced the Chinese. The most notable foreigner that visited during this time was Marco Polo. Revolts in Mongolia and S China end dynasty. source

China Government/Dynasties

Ming Dynasty

from 1368 to 1644

Note: Source citation: Ming Dynasty Wikipedia

Note: Mongols expelled. Confucianism, civil service examinations, reinstated. Ming power was great and started to re-establish a tribute among the nonChinese states of East Asia. This tribute required that these states acknowledge the moral and cultural supremacy of the Chinese. In the first quarter of the 15th century, the Ming had decisively defeated the Mongol tribes. This was also a period of naval exploration, at least for a while. Chinese ships reached Africa and maritime Asian nations arrived with tribute. These foreign contacts however, were short-lived and China retreated

Event

Great Clearance

from 1661 to 1669

Note: Source citation: The Great Clearance Wikipedia

Note: The Qing dynasty edict that cleared 50 li (~15.5 miles) from the coast of China next to Taiwan. Here were based loyalists of the prior Ming dynasty

1st President of the United States

George Washington

April 30, 1789

2nd President of the United States

John Adams

March 4, 1797

3rd President of the United States

Thomas Jefferson

March 4, 1801

4th President of the United States

James Madison

March 4, 1809

5th President of the United States

James Monroe

March 4, 1817

6th President of the United States

John Quincy Adams

March 4, 1825

7th President of the United States

Andrew Jackson

March 4, 1829

8th President of the United States

Martin Van Buren

March 4, 1837

Chinese Conflicts

First Opium War

from September 4, 1839

Note: Source citation: First Opium War Wikipedia

Note: Great Britain since the 18th century consumed a lot of Chinese tea. There were no manufactured goods from England that the Chinese desired. The tea had to be purchased by English silver, which caused a drop in reserves. Britain then introduced opium from the British East India Company, and found a ready market in an addicted China. Sensing the destructions of their social fabric, Qing emperors fought and lost to the British this war.

9th President of the United States

William Henry Harrison

March 4, 1841

10th President of the United States

John Tyler

April 4, 1841

11th President of the United States

James K Polk

March 4, 1845

12th President of the United States

Zachary Taylor

March 4, 1849

13th President of the United States

Millard Fillmore

July 9, 1850

14th President of the United States

Franklin Pierce

March 4, 1853

Event

California Gold Rush

from January 24, 1848 to 1855

Note: Source citation: California Gold Rush Wikipedia

Event

Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Six Companies)

after 1851

Note: Source citation: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Associations Wikipedia

Note: Many reasons for these Associations to exist 1. insurance 2. protection 3. companionship 4. ancestor veneration

Chinese Conflicts

Punti–Hakka Clan Wars

1855

Note: Source citation: Hakka Punti Clan Wars Wikipedia

Chinese Conflicts

Red Turban Rebellion

from 1854 to 1856

Note: Source citation: Red Turban Rebellions Wikipedia

15th President of the United States

James Buchanan

March 4, 1857

Chinese Conflicts

Second Opium War

from October 8, 1856 to October 24, 1860

Note: The contestants were the Qing empire against a consortium of American and European powers. Again the Qing were defeated and lost port cities to the control of the western powers.

Note: Source citation: Second Opium War Wikipedia

16th President of the United States

Abraham Lincoln

March 4, 1861

Chinese Conflicts

Taiping Rebellion

from December 1850 to August 1864

Note: Source citation: Taiping Rebellion Wikipedia

Note: The bloodiest civil war in history with upwards to 70 million killed, between the Qing empire and a theocratic Christian based society. The Qing had to seek help from France and the United Kingdom. This weakened the central Qing government and saw the rise of warlords.

17th President of the United States

Andrew Johnson

April 15, 1865

18th President of the United States

Ulysses S Grant

March 4, 1869

Event

First transcontinental railroad

from 1863 to May 10, 1869

Note: Source citation: First Transcontinental Railroad Wikipedia

19th President of the United States

Rutherford B Hayes

March 4, 1877

20th President of the United States

James A Garfield

March 4, 1881

21st President of the United States

Chester A Arthur

September 19, 1881

22nd President of the United States

Grover Cleveland

March 4, 1885

23rd President of the United States

Benjamin Harrison

March 4, 1889

24th President of the United States

Grover Cleveland

March 4, 1893

Chinese Conflicts

First Sino-Japanese War

from July 25, 1894 to April 17, 1895

Note: Source citation: First Sino Japanese War Wikipedia

Note: This conflict represented failure of the Qing dynasty's military modernization versus Imperial Japan Meiji Restoration's military advancement. The result was ceding of Taiwan and Korea to Japan.

25th President of the United States

William McKinley

March 4, 1897

Chinese Conflicts

Boxer Rebellion

from November 2, 1899 to September 7, 1901

Note: Source citation: Boxer Rebellion Wikipedia

Note: An anti-foreigner rebellion of Chinese peasants and eventually the Qing empire against a consortium of western and Japanese troops.

26th President of the United States

Theodore Roosevelt

September 14, 1901

Chinese American Events

1906 San Francisco earthquake

April 18, 1906

Note: Public birth records were destroyed in the subsequent fire, which allowed a new opportunity for Chinese to claim American citizenship.

Note: Source citation: The Great San Francisco Earthquake Wikipedia

27th President of the United States

William Howard Taft

March 4, 1909

China Government/Dynasties

Qing or Ching or Manchu Dynasty

from 1636 to 1912

Note: Source citation: Qing Dynasty Wikipedia

Note: 2nd foreign dynasty to rule China—Unlike the Mongols however, the Manchu adopted Chinese dress and customs. However, they did force men to wear the queue. Neo-Confucianism was made the official doctrine, demanding loyalty to the emperor, but Chinese culture was preserved and Chinese were excluded only from the very senior court positions. Increasing European trade causedforeign powers divide China into spheres of influence. The Boxer uprising caused the downfall of this last dynasty. source

28th President of the United States

Woodrow Wilson

March 4, 1913

Global conflict

World War I

from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918

Note: Source citation: World War One Wikipedia

Note: China's contribution to World War One

29th President of the United States

Warren G Harding

March 4, 1921

30th President of the United States

Calvin Coolidge

August 2, 1923

31st President of the United States

Herbert Hoover

March 4, 1929

Chinese American Events

Tong Wars

from 1800 to 1930

Note: Source citation: Tong Wars Wikipedia

Note: These started as conflicts between clans and sensationalized by American media as gang and turf urban warfare.

Economic

1929 Great Depression

from 1929 to 1930

Note: Source citation: Great Depression Wikipedia

Note: Worldwide economic downturn.

Chinese Conflicts

Mukden Incident

from September 18, 1931 to February 18, 1932

Note: Source citation: Mukden Incident Wikipedia

Note: Imperial Japan starts to subjugate Manchuria for natural resources and living space. Japan wanted a Great Britan like empire calling it the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. The Japan's defeat to the Soviet during the Battles of Khalkhin Gol set the stage for the Japan's Pearl Harbor attack and war with the United States.

32nd President of the United States

Franklin D Roosevelt

March 4, 1933

Chinese American Events

Chinese Exclusion Act

from May 9, 1882 to 1943

Note: An official act legalizing discrimination against Chinese in the United States. Poster: 'Chinese Must Go'.

Note: Source citation: Chinese Exclusion Act Wikipedia

33rd President of the United States

Harry S Truman

April 12, 1945

Chinese Conflicts

Second Sino-Japanese War

from July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945

Note: Source citation: Second Sino Japanese War (WW@) Wikipedia

Note: Some historians consider this the true start of World War Two. Japan's attempt to conquer China, after subjugating Manchukuo.

China Government/Dynasties

Republic of China

from 1912 to 1949

Note: Source citation: Republic of China Wikipedia

World Conflict

Attack on Pearl Harbor

from December 7, 1941

Note: Source citation: Attack on Pearl Harbor Wikipedia

Note: The date the United States enters WW2.

Global Conflict

World War II

from September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945

Note: Source citation: World War Two Wikipedia

Note: Western world's time period for World War II.

Chinese American Events

Internment of Japanese Americans

from February 19, 1942 to March 20, 1946

Note: Another example of anti-Asian sentiment in the United States.

Note: Source citation: Internment of Japanese Americans Wikipedia

Chinese Conflicts

Chinese Communist/Kuomintang Civil War

from August 10, 1945 to December 7, 1949

Note: Source citation: Communist Nationalist Civil War Wikipedia

Note: This represented the defeat and withdrawal of the Kuomintang to Taiwan by Mao Zedong

China Government/Dynasties

People's Republic of China

1949

Note: Source citation: Peoples Republic of China Wikipedia

Chinese American Events

McCarthyism

from 1940 to 1950

Note: Source citation: McCarthyism Wikipedia

Note: An example of memes and slogans during this time was 'better dead than red' and the Domino theory

34th President of the United States

Dwight D Eisenhower

January 20, 1953

Chinese American Conflicts

Korean War

from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953

Note: Source citation: Korean War Wikipedia

35th President of the United States

John F Kennedy

January 20, 1961

36th President of the United States

Lyndon B Johnson

November 22, 1963

American Conflicts

Vietnam War

from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975

Note: Source citation: Vietnam_War Wikipedia

Chinese Events

Cultural Revolution

from 1949 to 1976

Note: The wanton distruction of Chinese clan genealogy documents along with cultural relics by the Red Guards made tracing Chinese Americans family heritage even harder. This represented Mao Zedong' s attempt to regain local control of China.

Note: Source citation: Cultural Revolution Wikipedia

American INS program

Chinese Confession Program

from 1956 to 1965

Note: Source citation: Chinese Confession Program Wikipedia

Note: A program of the Immigration and Naturalization Service allowing reconciliation of the illegal entry status of paper sons. This caused much fear and distrust among the Chinese American population. The number of participants were less than initially predicted.

37th President of the United States

Richard Nixon

January 20, 1969

38th President of the United States

Gerald Ford

August 9, 1974

39th President of the United States

Jimmy Carter

January 20, 1977

40th President of the United States

Ronald Reagan

January 20, 1981

41st President of the United States

George H W Bush

January 20, 1989

42nd President of the United States

Bill Clinton

January 20, 1993

43rd President of the United States

George W Bush

January 20, 2001

44th President of the United States

Barack Obama

January 20, 2009

45th President of the United States

Donald Trump

January 20, 2017

46th President of the United States

Joe Biden

January 20, 2021

Chinese American Events\n2 DATE 18 APR 1906

San Francisco earthquake

Note: Source citation: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Wikipedia

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