Chinese Exclusion Act

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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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No references found			[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1882 Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act, suspending the immigration of Chinese laborers. Under one roof: legal & illegal: she was brought to the U.S. ... by Gonzalez, David / New York Times Upfront attempts to regulate and restrict immigration began with the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. A Nation by Design: Immigration Policy in the Fashioning of America by Katz, Michael B. / Journal of Social History Legislators attempted to stop the flow of Chinese immigrants in 1882 with the Chinese Exclusion Act, Tom said. CHINESE IMMIGRANTS' 'EXPERIENCE' COMES INTO VIEW AT PACIFIC ASIA by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)			Chinese anise Chinese artichoke Chinese black mushroom Chinese block Chinese boxes Chinese brown sauce Chinese burn Chinese cabbage Chinese calendar Chinese celery Chinese checkers Chinese chequers Chinese chestnut Chinese Chippendale Chinese chive Chinese cinnamon Chinese copy Chinese cork oak Chinese crested Chinese date Chinese deity Chinese eddo Chinese elm Chinese Empire Chinese evergreen Chinese Exclusion Act Chinese export porcelain Chinese forget-me-not Chinese fried rice Chinese goose Chinese gooseberry Chinese hibiscus Chinese holly Chinese houses Chinese indigo Chinese ink Chinese jujube Chinese kale Chinese lacquer tree Chinese lantern Chinese lantern plant Chinese leaf Chinese magnolia Chinese monetary unit Chinese mushroom Chinese mustard Chinese paddlefish Chinese paper Chinese parasol Chinese parasol tree Chinese parsley			Chinese Economic Association of North America Chinese Economists Society Chinese economy Chinese Economy Research Unit Chinese Ecosystem Research Network Chinese eddo Chinese edible fungi Chinese edible mushroom Chinese edible mushrooms Chinese Educational Technology Standardization Committee Chinese Electronic Periodical Services Chinese Electronic Standardization Institute Chinese Electronic Theses and Dissertation Chinese element Chinese elements Chinese elm Chinese Empire Chinese Engineering Students' Association Chinese Enterprises and Companies Database Chinese eunuch Chinese eunuch Chinese eunuch Chinese eunuch Chinese Evangelical Free Church Chinese evergreen Chinese examination system Chinese Exclusion Chinese Exclusion Act Chinese Exclusion Act (United States) Chinese Exclusion Act (United States) Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 Chinese Executive Media Management Program Chinese Experimental Fast Reactor Chinese Export Commodities Fair Chinese Export Commodities Fairground Chinese export porcelain Chinese Family Service of Greater Montreal Chinese Fashion Designers Association Chinese Federation for Corporate Social Responsibility Chinese Federation of Labor Chinese Ferret Badger Chinese Field Epidemiology Training Program Chinese fig Chinese fig Chinese Filipino Business Club, Inc. Chinese finger cuff suture (3) Chinese finger cuff suture (3) Chinese finger cuff suture (3) Chinese fir Chinese fire drill Chinese five elements Chinese five spice Chinese flower Chinese Fly Chinese Folk Literature and Art Association Chinese food

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