WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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reflected nativist attitudes in the United States
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Encourage a policy of popular sovereignty
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led to an increase in Asian immigration
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eased requirements for citizenship
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -In May 1882, Congress, responding to pressure from unions, passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. This treaty with the Chinese Government banned Chinese emigrants from entering America and called for the deportation of any who arrived after 1880.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -What did the Chinese Exclusion Act and the Dillingham Report indicate about nativist reaction to immigration? There was prejudice against immigrants.