Chinese Exclusion Act
Anti-Asian immigration law
The Chinese Exclusion Act was an 1882 U.S. federal law that prohibited Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States—the first significant law restricting immigration based on nationality.
It reflected widespread anti-Chinese sentiment, particularly in the American West.
The act was renewed and strengthened until its repeal in 1943.
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- nativismPreference for native-born citizens
- immigration lawRules controlling foreign entry
- borderOuter edge or limit
- paperPressed pulp for writing
identity papers · head tax · Chinatown · racial segregation · queue · oral histories · laundry · braid · labor exploitation · ethnic enclaves · cultural preservation · civil rights movement · historical trauma · detention center · economic inequality · gate · political activism · wall
Chinese Exclusion Actbirthright citizenship
Nationality by birth location
Chinese Exclusion ActFourteenth Amendment
Post-Civil War constitutional addition
civil rights legislation · equal protection · desegregation · emancipation · enfranchisement
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