▁lower ▁w ages . ▁Chinese ▁imm igr ants ▁began ▁to ▁be ▁known ▁as ▁" co ol ies ". ▁Additionally ▁many ▁anti - Ch inese ▁labor ▁un ions ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Kn ights ▁of ▁Labor ▁were ▁created . ▁ ▁Vi ol ence ▁against ▁the ▁Chinese ▁The ▁violence ▁against ▁Chinese ▁started ▁soon ▁after ▁they ▁began ▁arriv ing ▁in ▁California ▁in ▁significant ▁numbers . ▁One ▁of ▁earliest ▁known ▁instances ▁occurred ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 6 ▁when ▁white ▁min ers ▁destroyed ▁property ▁in ▁Y re ka ' s ▁Ch in at own . ▁The ▁Chinese ▁also ▁faced ▁restricted ▁rights ▁in ▁California ▁as ▁few ▁of ▁them ▁spoke ▁English ▁or ▁were ▁U . S . ▁citizens ▁and ▁were ▁forced ▁to ▁live ▁in ▁seg reg ated ▁communities . ▁▁ 1 8 7 0 s ▁Anti - Ch inese ▁violence ▁became ▁more ▁pre val ent ▁and ▁severe ▁in ▁California ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 7 0 s , ▁partly ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁Long ▁De pression , ▁which ▁many ▁American ▁workers ▁bl amed ▁on ▁industrial ists ▁using ▁che aper ▁Chinese ▁labor . ▁ ▁On ▁October ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 1 8 7 1 , ▁the ▁most ▁dead ly ▁act ▁violence ▁against ▁the ▁Chinese ▁in ▁California ▁occurred . ▁Ar ound ▁ 5 0 0 ▁white ▁and ▁His pan ic ▁men ▁attacked ▁Los ▁Angeles ' ▁Ch in at own ▁after ▁a ▁white ▁man ▁was ▁shot ▁to ▁death ▁by ▁a ▁Chinese ▁man . ▁The ▁mob ▁lo oted ▁Ch in at own ▁and ▁l yn ched ▁nin ete en ▁Chinese ▁men .