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This was the amount a ship captain who brought Chinese migrants into the country could be fined.

What is $500?

100

These people were allowed in the country if they were with government officials.

Who are their servants?

100

Migrants arriving from China needed documents in this language when they arrived in the US.

What is English?

100

This is how many years the act was supposed to last.

What is ten?

100

This other nationality was not allowed to come to the US in 1882.

What is none?

200

This is the year the act was passed.

What is 1882?

200

Chinese migrants who entered the US before the act went into effect would need this to prove they had the right to stay.

What is a certificate?

200

This was the year a treaty between the US and China was signed.

What is 1880?

200

This was one reason that Americans were opposed to Chinese immigration.

What is they were worried migrants would take their jobs?

300

Workers from this industry were specifically mentioned in the act.

What is mining?

300

Someone forging documents to enter the US could be imprisoned for this long.

What is 5 years?

300

The act gave this reason for banning Chinese immigration.

What is they were a danger to the country?

300

This country was responsible for paying to deport migrants back to China.

What is the United States?

400

The act did not apply to these laborers (workers).

Who were workers who were in the US before the act took effect?

400

True or false: the act prevented ALL Chinese migrants from coming to the US.

False

400

Chinese passengers would have to go through this before getting off the ship.

What is an examination or inspection?

400

Ships with Chinese migrants could land in the US in an emergency, as long as they also did this.

What is take all of the Chinese migrants with them when they left?

500

Someone forging documents to enter the US could be fined this much.

What is $1000?

500

A ship captain who brought Chinese migrants into the US could spend this long in jail.

What is one year?

500

The Chinese Exclusion Act denied all Chinese migrants this, even if they had been in the US for years.

What is citizenship?

500

These two very broad categories of workers are mentioned in the act to show that it covers virtually all laborers.

What are skilled and unskilled?