Dennis Kearney (1847–1907) was a California political leader in the late 19th century, known for his anti-immigrant political views toward Chinese immigrants. 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total   - Width   - Length    - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 158,302 sq mi  410,000 km² 250 miles  402. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Anti-immigration is a label often applied to those who are opposed to having significant levels of immigration in their countries. ... Overseas Chinese (華僑 in pinyin: huáqiáo, or 華胞 huábāo, or 僑胞 qiáobāo) are ethnic Chinese people who live outside of the China. ...

Kearney was born in County Cork, Ireland and emigrated to the United States. He worked as a sailor and then as a drayage proprietor in San Francisco. During the Long Depression, he became popular by speaking to the unemployed in San Francisco, denouncing the railroad monopoly and immigrant Chinese labor, known as Coolies. His slogan was simply, the Chinese must go. County Cork (Contae Chorcaí in Irish) is the most southwesterly and the largest of the modern counties of Ireland. ... A sailor is a member of the crew of a ship or boat. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... The Long Depression was a economic depression that affected much of the world from the early 1870s until the mid-1890s. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... In economics, a monopoly (from the Greek monos, one + polein, to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a kind of product or service. ... East Indian coolies on a Trinidad Cacao Estate, circa 1903. ...

Kearney began his political life on the side of employers. He gained some notoriety for breaking up "sandlot" meetings of working men. He became involved with the infamous vigilantes for a time. With the onset of the depression of the 1870s, he saw a change in the political winds and helped organize the Workingman's Party of California, and led often violent attacks on Chinese, including denunciations of the powerful Central Pacific railroad which had employed them in large numbers. He was influential in the enactment of the Chinese Exclusion Acts. The party was influential at the California constitutional convention of 1878. External link Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum Categories: Corporation stubs | Historical stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | California railroads | Nevada railroads | Utah railroads | Historic civil engineering landmarks ... The Chinese Exclusion Act may be: Another name for the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923 in Canada, coined by the Chinese-Canadian community. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Kearney travelled east to popularize his views, but found few takers. He faded from the public's eye by 1878, leaving only his legacy of racialist laws to be overturned a few years later. 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Hitlers Nazi Germany: the epitome of 20th-century racialism Racialism is a term used to describe racial policy, in what is generally perceived to be a negative sense, as promoting stratification and inequality between racial categories (in themselves, often disputed). ...

References

Dennis Kearney

Dennis Kearney, President, and H. L. Knight, Secretary, “Appeal from California. The Chinese Invasion. Workingmen’s Address,” Indianapolis Times, 28 February 1878.

The Kearney Agitation in California, by Henry George