Episode 45: How the Chinese Exclusion Act Created Bing Cherries and General Tso Chicken

04/08/2023 30 min Temporada 1 Episodio 45
Episode 45: How the Chinese Exclusion Act Created Bing Cherries and General Tso Chicken

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The Chinese Exclusion Act is one of our most undiscussed tragedies. Despite the bad, Chinese immigrants pushed through to help shapes these United States. Today's episode crosses paths with Bruce Lee, Teddy Roosevelt, Chester A. Arthur, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Bing Cherry, the Valencia Orange, the Citizenship Clause and Equal Protection Clauses of the 14th Amendment, Oldsmobile, the TaiPing Revolution, the Gold Rush, the Transcontinental Railroad, Wong Kim Ark, Grover Cleveland, the NY Sun and the Statue of Liberty.

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