Why did the US Congress pass an exclusion act in 1882 barring Chinese immigrants?

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anonymous · Answer

a; because Chinese immigrants would work for low wages, which labor leaders felt took jobs away from US citizens
b; because the Chinese immigrants refused to work for low wages, which labor leaders felt added jobs to the US economy
c; because the federal government had decided to ban all immigration to control the size of the US population
d; because the trend of Chinese immigrants to large urban cities harmed the industrialization of the US economy
e; because only immigrants from southern and eastern European countries contributed to the US "melting pot" culture

braves12 · Answer

i think a