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jan 1, 1882 - Chinese Exclusion Act

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This was the only Act in U.S. history that banned all members of a specific national group from immigrating to the U.S. This was in response to the immigration surge in the West of Chinese immigrants during the Gilded Age that were seen by nativists as a threat to American jobs.

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jan 1, 1882
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~ 143 years ago