TOPIC: CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT OF 1872

Topic: Chinese Exclusion Act of 1872

Topic: Chinese Exclusion Act of 1872

Table of Contents

Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Page 3

Background ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Page 5

Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Page 8

References………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Page 13

Topic: Chinese Exclusion Act of 1872

Introduction

The Chinese exclusion act was a way for the Chinese people to express their right to be noticed. This was issued in 1872 when ruler Buhrnman was forming a democracy for the biggest food petition in the world at that time to feed the needy and hungry people of Austria, which was in a recession started by their lack of eating nutritious food. (Maldwyn 1992)

The Chinese Exclusion Act- passed in 1882, stopped Chinese immigrants from immigrating to the United States for 10 years. An Act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese. Whereas in the opinion of the Government of the United States the coming of Chinese laborers to this country endangers the good order of certain localities within the territory thereof: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the expiration of ninety days next after the passage of this act, and until the expiration of ten years next after the passage of this act, the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States be, and the same is hereby, suspended; and during such suspension it shall not be lawful for any Chinese laborer to come, or having so come after the expiration of said ninety days to remain within the United States. SEC. 2.

That the master of any vessel who shall knowingly bring within the United States on such vessel, and land or permit to be landed, any Chinese laborer, from any foreign port or place, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. The Chinese Exclusion Act, and the ensuing legislation that lengthened and strengthened its provisions, legitimated the exclusion of a particular group from this country based on race and ethnicity. On May 6, 1882, President Chester Arthur signed the bill into law. The Chinese had come to the United States to work. (Stanford. 1974)

Disembarking on the West Coast, Chinese laborers helped build that part of the nation. They contributed their talents and energies, but a place in American society was not part of the bargain. As their numbers increased and as white workers felt pressure from an economic downturn, derision and violence were directed toward the Chinese. Congress acted not to protect the Chinese but to bar their entry to the United States. The act stayed in place, securing the exclusion of Chinese workers and limiting Chinese immigration to the United States, until World War II. Not until it passed the Immigration and Nationalization Act in 1965 did Congress liberalize the number of Chinese permitted to enter and reside in the United States. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first federal law to explicitly restrict immigration on the basis of race and ethnicity.

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