Anti-Chinese legislation in the United States
- Anti-Chinese legislation in the United States
Anti-Chinese legislation in the United States was introduced in America to deal with Chinese migrants following the gold rush in California and those coming to build the railway.
*Anti-Coolie Act of 1862
*Chinese Exclusion Act 1882
*Pigtail Ordinance
ee also
* Chinese Immigration Act, 1923 - Canada
* Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 - Canada
* Magnuson Act
* Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965
* Burlingame Treaty
* Geary Act
References
* [http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/chinex.htm Chinese Exclusion Act]
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