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What is the Chinese exclusion act

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a law that banned Chinese workers from coming to the US for 10 years

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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.
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