| Term | Definition |
| Chinese hear about gold discoveries in California and begin coming to the United states | 1850 |
| Burlingame treaty signed | 1868 |
| Chinese Exclusion Act passed | 1882 |
| Anit-Chinese riots | 1885 |
| Anit- Chinese congress | 1885* |
| period of high Japanese immigration | 1898-1907 |
| Exclusion Act passed to stop Japanese and other Asian groups from immigrating | 1924 |
| United States captures the Philippines in the Spanish-Amereican war | 1899 |
| Mcduffie-Tydings Act passed | 1934 |
| Alien Land Law passed | 1921 |
| Period of i Filipino immigration to Hawaii | 1906-1914 |