Chinese Exclusion Act

act of US Congress in 1882 that prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law enacted on May 6, 1882[1]. It prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers to the country[1]. The legislation marked the first significant legal restriction on immigration in U.S. history[1].

The act suspended Chinese immigration for ten years and declared Chinese immigrants ineligible for naturalization[1]. It was initially intended as a temporary measure but was renewed in 1892 and made permanent in 1902[1]. The law remained in effect until its repeal in 1943 by the Magnuson Act[1].

Chinese Exclusion Act

Summary

Chinese Exclusion Act is an Act of Congress in the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of act_of_congress_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (784 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chinese Exclusion Act is in the country of United States[3].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's image is recorded as Chineseexclusionact.JPG[4].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's instance of is recorded as Act of Congress in the United States[5].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's followed by is recorded as Geary Act[6].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 194764915[7].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's GND ID is recorded as 4547679-2[8].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2020050821[9].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's Commons category is recorded as Chinese Exclusion Act[10].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's legislated by is recorded as 47th United States Congress[11].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act was dissolved in +1943-12-17T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's publication date is recorded as +1882-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fgcy[14].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United States[15].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10639129[16].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's facet of is recorded as Racism against Asians in the United States[17].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[18].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's described by source is recorded as National Archives and Records Administration[19].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Chinese-Exclusion-Act[20].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's different from is recorded as Immigration Act of 1924[21].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's signatory is recorded as Chester A. Arthur[22].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's repealed by is recorded as Magnuson Act[23].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's Quora topic ID is recorded as Chinese-Exclusion-Act[24].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's United States Statutes at Large citation is recorded as 22-58[25].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's United States Public Law is recorded as 47-126[26].
  • Chinese Exclusion Act's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781034416[27].

Why It Matters

Chinese Exclusion Act ranks in the top 2% of act_of_congress_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (784 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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