Acts, Bills, and Laws
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
A treaty arrangement with China had been re-negotiated by the Hayes administration in 1881. Congress was responsive to complaints from California, where most Chinese immigrants had settled. Under the terms of the initial exclusion bill, Chinese workers were to be prohibited from entering the United States for a period of 20 years and no Chinese could be granted American citizenship. Chester Arthur vetoed the measure, arguing that it violated the terms of the nation’s commercial arrangement with China. Congress was unable to override the veto and flags in San Francisco were flown at half staff.
 The bill was later amended to prohibiting immigration for a period of 10 years and was signed by the president. (In 1892, this act was extended for an additional 10 years.) This measure was a sharp departure from America’s traditional policy of open immigration (as in the Burlingame Treaty of 1868) and was the first to single out a particular ethnic group for special treatment. Later in 1882, Congress passed an Immigration Act that placed a total ban on the entrance of criminals, paupers and the insane.
Off-site search results for "Chinese Exclusion Act"... Chinese Exclusion Act- 1882
... force prohibiting and regulating the coming of Chinese persons, and persons of Chinese descent, into the United States, and the residence of such persons therein .... be, and the same are hereby, reenacted, extended, and continued so far as ...
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1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
Government Year Published: 1882 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act Forty-Seventh Congress. Session I. 1882 Chapter 126.-An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese. Preamble. Whereas, in the opinion of the GovernmChinese Exclusion Act Forty-Seventh Congress. Session I. 1882 Chapter 126.-An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese. Preamble. Whereas, in the opinion of the Government of the United ...
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Historical Documents - Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
... Additional Resources Related Topics Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) The Chinese Exclusion Act was approved on May 6, 1882. It was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. First Document ImagChinese Exclusion Act (1882) The Chinese Exclusion Act was approved on May 6, 1882. It was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. First Document ImagChinese Exclusion Act was approved on May 6, 1882. It was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. First Document Image Second Document ...
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