The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Select one: a. led to an increase in civil rights for Chinese people and Chinese-Americans living in the United States. b. only barred immigration of Chinese women. c. led to a decrease in discrimination and violence against the Chinese. d. led to the deportation of the 105,000 Chinese people living in the United States in 1882. e. was the first time race was used to exclude an entire group of people from entering the United States.

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Gavyn Massey

4 September, 15:53

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Select one: a. led to an increase in civil rights for Chinese people and Chinese-Americans living in the United States. b. only barred immigration of Chinese women. c. led to a decrease in discrimination and violence against the Chinese. d. led to the deportation of the 105,000 Chinese people living in the United States in 1882. e. was the first time race was used to exclude an entire group of people from entering the United States.

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Leon Hammond · Answer 1

e. was the first time race was used to exclude an entire group of people from entering the United States.

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Signed into law on May 6, 1882, by the then President Chester A. Arthur, the Chinese Exclusion Act was the first law banning immigrants into the United States on a racial basis. Although Chinese account for. 002 percent of the country's population, they were banned for neutralization to maintain racial purity and to curb the economic competition posed by them to the American population.