RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
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prohibited Chinese immigration into the U.S.
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allowed Chinese immigrants to apply for visas
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forbade Chinese men from voting
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. In the spring of 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur . This act provided an absolute 10-year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -Contents. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -These laws attempted to stop all Chinese immigration into the United States for ten years, with exceptions for diplomats, teachers, students, merchants, and travelers.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1923, the Government of Canada revoked the head tax, a large fee charged to Chinese people entering Canada, replacing it with the Chinese Immigration Act, 1923, which virtually halted all immigration from China. Over the next 24 years, only 44 Chinese migrants entered the country.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Act lowered income for all workers, and caused a sharp contraction in manufacturing, mining and agriculture. The results imply that Chinese and other workers were complements in economic production and the exclusion of the Chinese had a negative impact on economic development of the Western United States.