Before the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, there was the Page Act of 1875, which denied and restricted many forced laborers coming from Asia. Then, there comes the Immigration Act of 1882, which was a restriction on most “non-desirable” Europeans that limited immigration from certain European...
United States [1882] Also known as: Immigration Act of 1882 Written by Yuning Wu Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Wayne State University. Her contributions to SAGE Publications'sEncyclopedia of Race and Crime(2009) formed the basis of her contributions... ...
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was one of several discriminatory U.S. laws that curbed Chinese immigration and made Chinese people ineligible for naturalization.
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Through a combination of other Asian exclusionary acts such as the Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907, Immigration Act of 1917, the National Origins Quota of 1924, and the Tydings-McDuffie Act of 1934, the legacy of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 extended well beyond 1943, when the Act was...
The Chinese Exclusion Act, approved in 1882 in Congress and lasted for 60 years, was the first and the only federal law in US history that excluded a single group of people from immigration on no basis other than their race. It explicitly banned Chinese workers from immigration and existing ...
1882年美国国会通过的《排华法案》是美国历史上第一个、也是唯一一个针对某一族裔的移民排斥法案,该法案直到60年后才被废除。该法明确禁止华人移民美国、加入美国国籍和拥有选举权。 上面报道中的Chinese Exclusion Act就是“排华法案”,该法连同其它discriminating laws(歧视性法案)一起,禁止华人在美拥有房产、禁止...
Read about the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Learn about the Chinese Exclusion Act's significance, why Chinese immigration was restricted, and its...
(In 1892, this act was extended for an additional 10 years.) This measure was a sharp departure from America’s traditional policy of open immigration (as in the Burlingame Treaty of 1868) and was the first to single out a particular ethnic group for special treatment. Later in 1882, ...
The Chinese Exclusion Act, approved in 1882 in Congress and lasted for 60 years, was the first and the only federal law in US history that excluded a single group of people from immigration on no basis other than their race. It explicitly banned Chinese workers from immigration and existing ...