Chinese Exclusion Act
The
Chinese Exclusion Act of
1882 reversed the
Burlingame Treaty of
1868 and excluded all but 105
Chinese immigrants per year to the
United States for 10 years. The act was renewed in
1892 for another 10 years, and in
1902 with no terminal date. It was repealed in
1943.
The act was passed in response to the large number of Chinese who had immigrated to the Western United States as a result of unsettled conditions in China and the availablity of jobs working on railroads.
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