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Explain how foreign policies affected economic issues such as the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and immigration quotas.
Explain how foreign policies affected economic issues such as the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and immigration quotas.
Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882; first major law restricting immigration to the United States.
Enacted in response to economic fears (competition for jobs), especially on the West Coast.
Native-born Americans attributed unemployment and declining wages to Chinese workers, who were also viewed as racially inferior. (NATIVISM!)
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