The Coming Man, 1881, nieonline.com
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The Chinese Exclusion Act, passed in 1882, imposed a moratorium on all immigration to the United States by Chinese laborers. The Act was passed in response to the economic fears of West Coast Americans, who blamed Chinese immigrants for declining wages and growing unemployment. The Chinese Exclusion Act continued to limit Chinese immigration to the United States until 1943, and set a precedent for the immigration restriction acts that would follow it, including the National Origins Act of 1929.
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