The Chinese Exclusion Act was a law passed by Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur to prohibit Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States. The law was passed on May 6, 1882 and was meant to last for ten years, but in 1892 the law was renewed with the Geary Act. The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first law passed to avert a particular ethnic group from immigrating into the United States. Joyfully, the Magnuson Act (also known as the Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943) was signed on December 17, 1943. The new law revoked the Chinese Exclusion Act, opening a bridge between the United States and China.
10. Describe in detail the effects of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
The outcome of the Chinese Exclusion Act meant all non-laborers trying to immigrate to the United States must obtain
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Describe 3 theatre companies in the US with an Asian American focus.
One Theatre in the US with an Asian American focus is Yangtze Repertory Theatre. The theatre is a small group in New York that performed one of Hwang’s earlier plays. The play was performed in Mandarin with English supertitles.
Another theatre in the US with Asian American as a main focus is the New York, Ma-Yi Theatre Ensemble. The theater’s main interest of focus is on the flourishing Filipino population. In the beginning, the theatre performed Filipino plays translated into English. Initially, the executive director there won’t any Filipino American writers, but as it turns out there are a lot of Filipino American writers. The writer simply didn’t have the chance to be known. The theatre performed classic plays with an all Asian cast.
In Minneapolis – St. Paul, Theater Mu caused in upraise with the production Mask Dance. Mask Dance was written by Rick Shiomi, in 1993. The play was about Korean babies being adopted by Midwestern Caucasian families.
12.What was the central theme early on in many Asian American plays? What is it now