5 ore 15 min, 6 magg 1882 anni - Chinese Exclusion Act May 6th, 1882

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The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first policy restricting immigration into the U.S.. The act banned Chinese immigration to the states for 10 years. Declining wages and economic ills on the West Coast were mostly blamed on the Chinese workers, so the government passed xenophobic legislature to halt the Chinese and hopefully restore economic stability in the region.