Question

Choose the items that CORRECTLY describe information related to the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Answer 1

The Chinese Exclusion Act was a federal law passed by the 47th Congress of the United States, signed May 6, 1882 by President Chester A. Arthur, to halt Chinese immigration to the United States because of unemployment and falling wages among Americans because of Chinese immigration that affected the labor market. However, it allowed the Chinese who lived in the United States before November 17, 1880 to stay in the nation.

With this law, immigration of Chinese was stopped for ten years. In addition, it also prevented the Chinese from obtaining US citizenship. In 1892, the Geary Act was passed, which extended the ban for another ten years. In 1902, the law was made permanent, which also allowed all Chinese in the United States to register so that they could receive a residence permit without which they could be deported.

Answer 2

The first wave of Chinese immigration began as a result of the California Gold Rush.

Chinese labor was important in building railroad lines from the center of the U.S. to the west.

The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first U.S. law to place broad restrictions on immigration from a specific location.

The Chinese Exclusion Act was not repealed until the World War II era.

Step-by-step explanation:

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In 1882 was approved the Chinese Exclusion, was the first United States law restrictions on immigration from a specific country, was made by President Chester A. Arthur, there was a big immigration in California, in 1840 was discovered gold in that state, there were needs of workers in the mines, workers with low salary and very difficult and dangerous jobs like the railroad lines.

There were more than 100 thousands Chinese workers in the United States, white people thought that Chinese workers were not fairs because they worked for lower salaries.

There were economic recessions help to sign the Chinese Exclusion Act. The act was repealed until the World War II in 1943.