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Chinese Exclusion Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The role of Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 in the history of the United States of America. ... 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act; Government Year Published: 1882 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act Forty-Seventh Congress. Session I. 1882 Chapter 126.-An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese. Preamble.
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The People's Vote: 100 Documents that Shaped America ... In the spring of 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur. This act provided an absolute 10-year moratorium on Chinese labor immigration.
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As a result of our wartime alliance with China, this act was passed by the U.S. Congress to repeal the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and subsequent acts, allowing for the first time in 60 years the legal immigration of Chinese into the U.S. However, the quota for Chinese was very low compared to European countries,
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The Chinese Exclusion Act was approved on May 6, 1882. It was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. ... In the spring of 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur. This act provided an absolute 10-year moratorium on Chinese...
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The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882): Brief Overview; ... "The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first significant law that restricted immigration into the United States of an ethnic working group."; ... The Chinese Exclusion Act was followed by official U.S. government policy that excluded or limited by quota immigration...
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