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Korean Immigration
-1882 -US and Korea signs 1st Treaty.
-November 2, 1886 -US approved Korean Immigration.
- November 5, 1902 -Korean emperor Kojong recognized the approval of Korean Immigration to US.
- 1903 1905 -"First Wave"
-7,843 Korean immigrants came to Hawaii (6,701 men, 677 women, and 465 children)
-They spread to various plantations.
-Some formed a self-governing village.
-Most adjusted to the new environment but the ones who couldnt either went back to Korea or to the mainland US.
-January 13, 1903 -102 Korean Immigrants (56 men, 21 women, and 25 children) came to Hawaii on the SS Gaelic.
-Each person had different reasons for immigrating but all shared a common goal: to earn money and live a better life.
-This was a test case to see if the Koreans were good workers and had courteous attitudes.
-They worked in plantations.
-February 26, 1903 -Evening bulletin in Hawaii reported "They appear to be hard workers, yet they are paid the least would work ten hours from dawn to sunset for sixty-nine cents a day."
-1912 1924 -"Second Wave"
-951 Korean "picture brides" immigrated to Hawaii.
-Reasons for the picture brides Before the second wave, the number of Korean men outnumbered Korean women. The Korean men insisted on marrying Korean women only. Therefore they had to send pictures of themselves and have arranged marriages.
-There were nearly 5,000 bachelors and most of them remained as bachelors.
-Immigration of Koreans stopped because of the Oriental Exclusion Act of 1924.
-Oriental Exclusion Act resulted because of the anti-Japanese feelings at that time.
-1924 1960s -"Third Wave"
-However, the US allowed the Korean students to come to US and study here.
-Immigrants came after the liberation of Korea from Japan.
-American solders that were stationed in Korea married Korean girls; they were called "War-Brides" or "Peace-Brides".
-Korean WAR -1950 1953
-1965 Present -"Fourth Wave"
-Korean Immigrants came with different skills.
-About 1,200,000 Korean Immigrants now resides in US.
-1965 -Immigration Act of 1965.
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