It stopped Immigration by Chinese workers and miners for 10 years
they all limited immigration into the united states.
stopped Chinese workers and miners for 10 yrs
It stopped Immigration by Chinese workers and miners for 10 years
It stopped Immigration by Chinese workers and miners for 10 years
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 prevented Chinese people from becoming U.S. citizens for 10 years. The purpose was to prevent the United States from being "overrun" by enormous numbers of Chinese laborers willing to work for much lower wages than less recent immigrants.
The Chinese Exclusion Act did not allow any Chinese to live in America
One effect of the Chinese exclusion act in 1882 was that it prohibited Immigration by Chinese laborers.
Chinese exclusion act of 1882
The main goal was to decrease competition for scarce resources. Intolerance for the Chinese increased during the California gold rush when the resource began to dwindle and competition became fierce. Chinese immigrants were forcibly expelled from the mines. A combination of competition for low wage jobs as well as racism fueled a lot of animosity toward Chinese immigrants and resulted in the Chinese Exclusion Act being passed in 1892.
what was th first law passed to limit immigration?
Chinese Immigration Act or the Taiping Act
What is a purpose of an act having definations