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The Short-Term Impact Within 10 Years After The Chinese Exclusion Act Of 1882

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The short-term impact within 10 years after the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was passed which led to the Geary Act being passed in 1892. “The law requires all Chinese residents of the United States to carry a resident permit, a sort of internal passport. Failure to carry the permit at all times was punishable by deportation or a year of hard labor.”(DBPedia) And in return within 10 years, the economy had visibly changed after the act was passed because it had affected the Chinese laborers that contributed to the expansion of the railroad industry and led to more discrimination against the Chinese population after the act had passed excluding Chinese people from America even after 10 years. “Republican President Rutherford B. Hayes vetoed the …show more content…

“New policies and laws, discoveries that took place afterward were the Scott Act, which would continue to prevent Chinese immigrants back into the United States after leaving over 20,000 immigrants with their Certificates of Return outside of the United States, and because of this act being passed many Chinese immigrants were often left out of the economy. The government, Congress was responsible for this act being passed as a way to underrepresent immigrants into the US and not allow people that weren’t willing to contribute overall, leading to more tension and conflict even after 6 years of the Exclusion Act being passed”. (Immigration History) The government and Congress were responsible for this act being passed as a way too underrepresented immigrants into the US and not allowing people that weren’t willing to contribute overall, and that led to more tension and conflict even after 6 years of the Exclusion Act being passed.

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