38: The Chinese Exclusion Act
Update: 2019-02-10
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1883 or An Act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese was a law passed by the United States Congress. It was the first federal law to ban an ethnic group from immigrating to the United States. This tragic act led to the expulsions of Chinese people from many communities in the Pacific Northwest, as well as the murders of many immigrants in the region.
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