106k views
12 votes
What was the reason why the U.S decided to exploit and ban Chinese people from the U.S (Chinese exclusion act) Can someone answer it in a paragraph thankyou xx

1 Answer

7 votes
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was to prevent an excess of cheap labor. (basically the u.s knew that a lot of Chinese people coming in would be cheap labor so they passed it to avoid this)
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.