Using complete sentences, explain the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act. How did this act affect immigrants to the United States?
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The Chinese Exclusion Act was approved on May 6, 1882.
The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. ... The first significant Chinese immigration to North America began with the ... Thus very few Chinese could enter the country under the 1882 law. ... The Act also affected the Chinese who had already settled in the United States.
The Chinese Exclusion Act had a ripple effect on the United States' legal history. It was followed by the Geary Act of 1892 which extended the provisions of the Exclusion Act for another ten years. In 1902 the ban against the immigration of Chinese laborers was made permanent.
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