Creation
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Why they came
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100
This Law was passed in the year 1882, restricting Chinese individuals from immigrating to America
What is The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
100
What year was the act first renewed?
What is 1892
100
Chinese immigrants mostly came during a time when gold was discovered in California
Why did the Chinese immigrants come to America
100
Chinatown
Where did the Chinese settle
200
The Act excluded from entry anyone born in a geographically defined “Asiatic Barred Zone” except for the two island countries _______ and ________
Were Japan and the Philippines excluded from the act
200
For how long was the act first renewed?
What is 10 years
200
Anti-____ local ordinances and editorials were common throughout the West Coast.
Chinese
200
Better economic opportunities caused Chinese workers to come to America
What did the workers like about America?
200
The Chinese population sharply declined
Was it effective?
300
It was the first significant law that restricted immigration into the United States of an ethnic working group.
What is The Chinese Exclusion Act
300
What year was the Chinese immigration made permanently illegal?
What is 1902
300
This law was designed, legislators claimed, to curtail the immigration of women from "any Oriental country.
What is the page law
300
They wanted agricultural jobs and factory work
What jobs did they want
400
The Chinese Exclusion Act was passed the same year as the first World Series
What happened in 1882
400
When was the Asian Exclusion act repealed?
What is 1943
400
A large amount of immigrants came to America in 1870, many were brought back because of the Exclusion Act
200,000
400
They wanted to send money back to their loved ones back in Asia
Why did they need money
500
The act instituted quotas for immigrants from around the world
What is the Magnuson Act
500
Chinese composed only _____% of the American population
0.002
500
1849
When did the gold rush happen?
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