Andrew Gyory
Author
Language
English
Description
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which barred practically allChinese from American shores for ten years, was the first federallaw that banned a group of immigrants solely on the basis of raceor nationality. By changing America's traditional policy of openimmigration, this landmark legislation set a precedent for futurerestrictions against Asian immigrants in the early 1900s andagainst Europeans in the 1920s. Tracing the origins of the Chinese...
2) On the go
Author
Publisher
Yellow Umbrella Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English