RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The Great Race caused too many Chinese people to come to the country.
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The Chinese made the act because they didn’t want to be around Americans.
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The workers of the Transcontinental Railroad made the act because they didn’t like the Chinese.
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The Great Race caused a bad competition between European (white) workers and the Chinese which made other Americans dislike the Chinese.
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Detailed explanation-1: -This act was the first significant restriction on free immigration in U.S. history, and it excluded Chinese laborers from the country under penalty of imprisonment and deportation. It also made Chinese immigrants permanent aliens by excluding them from U.S. citizenship.
Detailed explanation-2: -In order to accomplish the construction of this railroad, the Central Pacific company began hiring Chinese workers in 1864 after facing a labor shortage that jeopardized the railroad’s completion.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many Americans on the West Coast attributed declining wages and economic ills to Chinese workers. Although the Chinese composed only 0.002 percent of the nation’s population, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act to placate worker demands and assuage concerns about maintaining white “racial purity."
Detailed explanation-4: -How did the Chinese Exclusion Act affect Chinese immigrants who were already in the United States? The act forced Chinese immigrants to leave the US and return to China.