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Definition of Chinese Exclusion Act

Chinese Exclusion Act
Chinese Exclusion Act Chinese Exclusion Act Any of several acts forbidding the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States, originally from 1882 to 1892 by act of May 6, 1882, then from 1892 to 1902 by act May 5, 1892. By act of April 29, 1902, all existing legislation on the subject was re["e]nacted and continued, and made applicable to the insular possessions of the United States.

Meaning of Chinese Exclusion Act from wikipedia

- The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers...
- The Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943, also known as the Magnuson Act, was an immigration law proposed by U.S. Representative (later Senator) Warren...
- The Chinese Immigration Act, 1923, also known as the "Chinese Exclusion Act" (the duration of which has been dubbed the Exclusion Era), was a Canadian...
- Chinese m****acre of 1871, the Rock Springs m****acre, and the **** Canyon M****acre. Anti-Chinese sentiment led to the federal Chinese Exclusion Act of...
- Commission on Chinese Immigration, which were published in 1885. It was granted royal ****ent on 20 July 1885, and followed the U.S. Chinese Exclusion Act, which...
- 1882, Congress p****ed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which, per the terms of the Angell Treaty, suspended the immigration of Chinese laborers (skilled or unskilled)...
- The Geary Act was a United States law that extended the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 by adding onerous new requirements. It was written by California...
- Laundry League Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance Chinese head tax in Canada Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, United States Scott Act, 1888 and Geary Act, 1892 California...
- the complete exclusion of Chinese immigration. That was achieved through the same law that ended the head tax: the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923, which...
- p****ed the Chinese Exclusion Act prohibiting immigration from China for the following ten years. This law was then extended by the Geary Act in 1892. The...