Chinese Exclusion Act
n. U.S. federal law enacted in 1882 that suspended immigration of Chinese laborers (repealed in 1943) | ||||
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chinese exclusion act
\chinese exclusion act\ any of several acts forbidding the immigration of chinese laborers into the united states, originally from 1882 to 1892 by act of may 6, 1882, then from 1892 to 1902 by act may 5, 1892. by act of april 29, 1902, all existing legislation on the subject was reënacted and continued, and made applicable to the insular possessions of the united states.
chinese exclusion act
\chinese exclusion act\ any of several acts forbidding the immigration of chinese laborers into the united states, originally from 1882 to 1892 by act of may 6, 1882, then from 1892 to 1902 by act may 5, 1892. by act of april 29, 1902, all existing legislation on the subject was reënacted and continued, and made applicable to the insular possessions of the united states.
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Chinese Exclusion Act (United States)
The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law passed on May 6, 1882, following 1880 revisions to the Burlingame Treaty of 1868. Those revisions allowed the U.S. to suspend immigration, and Congress subsequently acted quickly to implement the suspension of Chinese immigration, a ban that lasted over 60 years.
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