An Act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States
URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/An_Act_to_prohibit_the_coming_of_Chinese_persons_into_the_United_States
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:affects |
gptkb:Chinese_immigrants
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Chinese_Exclusion_Act
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| gptkbp:category |
Immigration law
Racial discrimination in law |
| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
May 6, 1882
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| gptkbp:duration |
10 years (initially)
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
first significant law restricting immigration into the United States
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
An Act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States
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| gptkbp:provides |
required Chinese residents to carry resident permits
barred Chinese laborers from entering the United States denied Chinese immigrants eligibility for U.S. citizenship |
| gptkbp:purpose |
to prohibit Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States
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| gptkbp:renewable |
1892
1902 |
| gptkbp:repealedBy |
gptkb:Magnuson_Act
December 17, 1943 |
| gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:Chester_A._Arthur
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| gptkbp:startDate |
May 6, 1882
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Geary_Act
gptkb:Geary_Act_(1892) |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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