Chinese Exclusion Act
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Laws, Acts, Legislation, Asian Americans, Immigration, Immigrants, Discrimination, Prejudice
- Curriculum: American History 1878-1900, Asian American History
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: May 9, 1882
Article abstract: A new wave of nativist xenophobia generates the first U.S. immigration law to discriminate on the basis of national origin.
Summary of Event
In 1886, the United States dedicated the Statue of Liberty, a monument that stands in symbolic welcome to the “huddled masses” from foreign shores. Yet even as the statue was dedicated, the citizenry had allowed its vision of the country as a refuge for all people to grow dimmer instead of brighter. Four years earlier, in 1882, the United States had taken the first steps to exclude immigrants...
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