Read the quote from the Chinese Exclusion Act.

What was the government saying about Chinese

immigrants?

Chinese Immigrants Would make the United States unsafe

Explanation:

Ed 2020

As discontent against the Chinese people rose in the United States, it was hard for the government to reconcile American sentiments and result was the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Explanation:

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first major statute limiting immigration of particular ethnic groups into the United States. It was a reaction to a native retaliation against Chinese immigration on the United States West Coast. A group of American workers thought that the Chinese were competing unfairly, arguing that they had been brought into the country to provide cheap labor.