In 1882 Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act that forbade the immigration of Chinese to America. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
History on the Net > Authentic History > 1865-1897 > gilded age > arthur > document: The Chester A. Arthur Administration: 1881-1885. In this lesson, students will explore the social and economic factors that led to this restriction. [Catalog Record] Vickery, John N. The Chinese Exclusion Laws: A Selective Annotated Bibliography of Federal Public Documents.
Chapter 126.-An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese. Students examine a labor union flyer, newspaper article, congressional testimony, and a Chinese American merchant's … The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 restricted the wave of Chinese immigration that had begun earlier in the century and was the first U.S. law to restrict immigration based on national origin. Operation Wetback was focused on keeping Mexican laborers out of the United States. ], 2005. It wasn’t until 1943 that Chinese immigrants were allowed to become citizens, however, with the Supreme Court case United States vs. Wong Kim Ark (1898), it was decided that the American-born children of Chinese immigrants would be full U.S. citizens.
After the gold rush most Chinese foreigners settled down in cities and took most of the low wage jobs. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood, 2011. Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) For many years in the nation’s early history, few, if any, Asians immigrated to the United States. Gilded Age: Home; John Dewey ; Child Labor Ban; Chinese Exclusion Act; Conclusion / Citations; Chinese Exclusion Act. 1882. Chapel Hill, N.C.: [s.n. This act effectively stopped Chinese immigration into the US for a decade. The first immigration of the Chinese occurred in 1848 during the California Gold Rush. Preamble. Documents: Gilded Age. The Foran Act in 1885 prohibited American businessmen from traveling to China to recruit workers. Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 allowed the U.S. to deny access and re-entry to a Chinese person into the U.S. left the country, meaning that if a Chinese person wanted to go and visit their family they could not return to the U.S, it also prevented the Chinese in America from getting U.S. citizenship. Session I. The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) Forty-Seventh Congress. This program , implemented in 1954, negatively effected many American citizens.