USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Meant to curb the influx of Chinese immigrants to the United States-particularly California-the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 suspended Chinese immigration for ten years and declared Chinese immigrants ineligible for naturalization. President Chester A. Arthur signed it into law on May 6, 1882.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-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: -These laws attempted to stop all Chinese immigration into the United States for ten years, with exceptions for diplomats, teachers, students, merchants, and travelers.