In California, these people formed frequently criminal groups called tongs.
A leader of this people wrote the essay "Why Am I a Heathen?" A state Supreme Court case ruled that they were not able to give testimony at George Hall's murder trial, and a national Supreme Court case involving one of these people featured defendant Sheriff Peter Hopkins, who had shut down a laundry in a wooden building. Denis Kearney was adamantly opposed to these people, who were favorably affected by both the (*) Burlingame Treaty and Magnuson Act. The Workingmen's Party's slogan was that these people "must go." In California, these people formed frequently criminal groups called tongs. For 10 points, name these immigrants that were the subject of a namesake 1882 Exclusion Act despite many working to construct the transcontinental railroad.
A leader of this people wrote the essay "Why Am I a Heathen?"
Chinese Americans [prompt on Asian-Americans]