Question

Why did the US government single out Chinese Immigrants in particular for

exclusion?
O They found more gold in the gold rush than any American citizen. They were jealous.
Their culture was too different from the US mainstream culture and America was
already dealing with Native American conflict, so America couldn't deal with the
Chinese cultural clash at this time.
They were able to work for cheap labor, thus taking American jobs and being blamed
for American unemployment on the railroads.

Answer 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. Building on the 1875 Page Act, which banned Chinese women from immigrating to the United States, the Chinese Exclusion Act was the first law implemented to prevent all members of a specific ethnic or national group from immigrating.

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