WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
IMMIGRATION IN INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
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increased U. S. presence in China.
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competition for jobs on the West Coast.
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rapid population growth in the Northeast.
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China’s actions during the Boxer Rebellion.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -81. Prints & Photographs Division. The Chinese Exclusion Act (PDF, 428KB) of 1882 was signed into law on May 6, 1882. Officially titled “An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese, ” the Chinese Exclusion Act prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers for ten years.
Detailed explanation-4: -Congress later extended the Exclusion Act indefinitely. In China, merchants responded to the humiliation of the exclusion acts by organizing an anti-American boycott in 1905. Though the movement was not sanctioned by the Chinese government, it received unofficial support in the early months.
Detailed explanation-5: -Which of the following is true of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882? It suspended the immigration of Chinese laborers to the U.S. for ten years.