Question

Anti-immigrant legislation passed by Congress included the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. What was the impact of this act?

A) It prohibited Chinese immigrants from settling only on the west coast of the United States.
B) It excluded Chinese immigrants from the legal protections of due process under the law.
C) It prevented Chinese immigrants from legally coming to the United States, and was not repealed until 1943.
D) It declared that all Chinese citizens in the United States had to move back to their country of origin.

Answer 1

C) It prevented Chinese immigrants from legally coming to the United States, and was not repealed until 1943.

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