Chinese Exclusion Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affectedPopulation gptkb:Chinese_Americans
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Chinese_Exclusion_Act_Centennial
public apologies by U.S. Congress
gptkbp:dateEnacted May 6, 1882
gptkbp:duration 10 years (initially)
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:extendsTo gptkb:Geary_Act
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first significant law restricting immigration into the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chinese Exclusion Act
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:racism
economic competition
anti-Chinese sentiment
gptkbp:legacy set precedent for future immigration restrictions
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:penalty deportation for violation
imprisonment for violation
gptkbp:provides required Chinese residents to carry resident permits
barred Chinese laborers from entering the U.S.
denied naturalization to Chinese residents
gptkbp:purpose prohibit immigration of Chinese laborers
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:Chinese_immigrants
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Geary_Act
gptkb:Magnuson_Act
gptkb:Page_Act_of_1875
gptkbp:renewable 1892
1902
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Magnuson_Act
December 17, 1943
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Chester_A._Arthur
gptkbp:startDate May 6, 1882
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:immigration_law
gptkb:Chinese_Americans_in_the_American_South
gptkb:Chester_A._Arthur
gptkb:Great_Migration_(European_migration_to_America)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5