Chinese Exclusion Act

GPTKB entity

Properties (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:allows Chinese_laborers
Deportation_of_Chinese_immigrants
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:Chinese_Exclusion_Act_of_1882
gptkbp:duration 61 years
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkb:Magnuson_Act
May 6, 1882
gptkbp:historicalContext 19th century immigration policies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chinese Exclusion Act
gptkbp:influencedBy Anti-Chinese_sentiment
gptkbp:isChallengedBy Legal reforms
Legal challenges
Civil rights movements
Civil rights activists
Social justice advocates
April 29, 1902
Supreme_Court_cases
Chinese_American_organizations
Legal_cases_in_the_U.S._courts
gptkbp:isCitedIn Legal arguments against discrimination
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor Racial discrimination
Human rights advocates
Violating human rights
Exclusionary practices
gptkbp:isDiscussedIn Public forums
U.S._Congress_debates
gptkbp:isDocumentedIn Historical records
Historical texts
Government reports
gptkbp:isExaminedBy Historical studies
U.S._Immigration_authorities
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy Economic competition fears
Labor market conditions
Subsequent immigration laws
Asian_American_activism
gptkbp:isReferencedIn Cultural works
gptkbp:issuedOn December 17, 1943
gptkbp:isVisitedBy gptkb:Chinese_Exclusion_Act_of_1902
National security concerns
gptkbp:ledTo Increased racial tensions
Chinese_American_identity_formation
gptkbp:legalStatus Discrimination_against_Asian_immigrants
gptkbp:opposedBy Chinese_American_community
gptkbp:partOf U.S._immigration_policy_history
gptkbp:relatedTo Immigration Act of 1924
gptkbp:resultedIn Family separation
gptkbp:significance First significant law restricting immigration to the United States
gptkbp:supportedBy Labor_unions
gptkbp:targets Chinese_immigrants
gptkbp:was May 5, 1892
gptkbp:wasPartOf Political leaders
Immigration legislation
Racial policy history
U.S._legal_history
U.S._immigration_history
Chinese_immigration_restrictions
Racial_exclusion_policies
gptkbp:wasSupportedBy gptkb:Geary_Act
Economic arguments
Western_states
Nativist_groups