The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act

question 19

Multiple Choice

The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act

• A) barred Chinese from becoming citizens and blocked new immigration.
• B) allowed Chinese workers, almost all of them men, to bring their families with them.
• C) allowed citizenship only for Chinese who were born in the United States.
• D) was challenged by Chinese solidarity activists in the western part of the United States.

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