may 6, 1882 - Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
Description:
- Outlawed Chinese immigration for 10 years
- Renewed in 1892, made permanent in 1902
- Repealed in 1943 due to nationwide labor shortage
- Allowed Chinese students and merchants to enter U.S.
- Made it legal to deport Chinese immigrants
- Chinese immigrants could not become U.S. citizens
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ES 112 Final Timeline
Dr. Jennell Navarro
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