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

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

anonymous · Answer

OR E. because only immigrants from southern and eastern European countries contributed to the US "melting pot" culture

warriorz13 · Answer

What do you think?

warriorz13 · Answer

It was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. In the spring of 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur. This act provided an absolute 10-year moratorium on Chinese labor immigration.

anonymous · Answer

A