​What Happened as a Result of the Chinese Exclusion Act

question 32

Multiple Choice

​What happened as a result of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?

• A)Seventy-five thousand Chinese were deported from the United States.
• B)Prejudice against Chinese living in the West became more pronounced.
• C)​Chinese were barred from entering the United States for 10 years.
• D)​The number of Chinese living in the United States fell to less than 50,000.
• E)​The Supreme Court's reversal of the law ushered in a series of lawsuits from immigrant groups.

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Definitions:

Tertiary Amides

Amides derived from carboxylic acids where the nitrogen atom is bonded to three other carbon atoms, not including the carbonyl carbon.

Secondary Amides

Organic compounds characterized by a carbonyl group (C=O) attached to a nitrogen atom, which in turn is bonded to two alkyl or aryl groups.

Acid Chlorides

Reactive derivatives of carboxylic acids where the hydroxyl group is replaced with a chlorine atom, used in organic synthesis.

Nitriles

Organic compounds containing the cyano group (-C≡N), which consists of a carbon atom triple-bonded to a nitrogen atom.