USA HISTORY

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: -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-3: -The Chinese Exclusion Act was intended for 10 years, but the ban lasted for more than 60 years and made it difficult for Chinese immigrants already here from finding jobs and from becoming American citizens. Chinese gold miners in California, at the head of the Auburn Ravine c. 1852.

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 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act was the nation’s first law to ban immigration by race or nationality. The act, which was renewed and enforced until 1943, banned Chinese immigration and prohibited Chinese from becoming citizens.