chineseexclusionact



A United states federal Law that was passed in 1882 that suspended immigration to the United States. It also excluded Chinese from geting American citzenship and portaraying them as official aliens. The Knights of Labor supported this act because they knew that businesses used chineses for cheap labor that lowered the wages of American workers. The Industrial Workers of the World strictly was opposed this act beacuse it showed strong discrimination.

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