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First page of the Chinese Exclusion Act passed by Congress in 1882 [1]. The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years.
The original Chinese Exclusion Act was amended several times [57] —such as by the 1888 Scott Act [58] and the 1892 Geary Act [59] —and as a result, it is sometimes referred to in the plural as the "Chinese Exclusion Acts".) Chinese already in the U.S. were allowed to stay, but they were ineligible for naturalization and, if they left the U ...
In 1880 a destruction of Denver, Colorado's Chinatown resulted in the death of a Chinese immigrant: [4] Most Americans held racial biases against the Chinese. An example of such a bias comes from a proponent of the Chinese Exclusion Act: Senator John F. Miller of California. Miller was quoted as giving the following description of Chinese men ...
The Chinese Exclusion Act, signed into law by then-president Chester A. Arthur, put a 10-year moratorium on Chinese labor immigration. It additionally prevented Chinese immigrants from becoming ...
As a part of a larger series of measures aimed to aid China’s morale as a U.S. ally, the U.S. Congress repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1943. For a brief period, Chinese immigrants to the ...
Anti-Chinese legislation in the United States was introduced in the United States that targeted Chinese migrants following the California gold rush and those coming to build the railway, including: Anti-Coolie Act of 1862; Page Act of 1875; Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882; Pigtail Ordinance
Even though the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was intended to only prevent the immigration and travel of Chinese laborers and intentionally excluded students and travelers from restrictions, individual immigration officials were ultimately given the power to decide who did and did not enter the United States. The officials in Boston not only ...
At the Austin rally, people held signs that said, "STOP Chinese Exclusion," evoking the Chinese Exclusion Act, a 19th century law that blocked citizenship to Chinese residents in the U.S ...