Question

How did the Chinese Exclusion Act discriminate against Chinese immigrants?

A.
Chinese immigrants were prevented from mining unless they paid a fine.

B.
Businesses were allowed to deny services to anyone with a Chinese background.

C.
Chinese immigration was almost completely banned for a period of time.

D.
White settlers were allowed to take land already settled by the Chinese.

Answer 1

The Act was passed in 1882 under the presidentship of Chester A. Arthur in the USA.

Chinese labor was completely banned. For the first time ban was made based on the ethnic community in the world.

It exclusively mentioned skilled and unskilled laborers employed in the mining sector are banned. So, 'very few Chinese' could 'enter the country'.

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