Compléter SS Test 3/21/23Version en ligne test test test test par Chelsea 1 nativism sufficient repealed Exclusion prejudice multitude speculators inhabitants surplus reversion The Chinese Act was a Chinese immigration act passed by the United States Congress in 1882 . 2 sufficient multitude surplus repealed exclusion inhabitants prejudice reversion speculators nativism However , as almost all Chinese immigrants could not prove that they were not seeing work , the act effectively banned all Chinese immigration until it was . 3 speculators inhabitants exclusion nativism multitude repealed reversion sufficient prejudice surplus The Chinese Exclusion Act was signed by President Chester Arthur . The passage of this act was driven by widespread against Chinese immigrants in general and Chinese laborers in particular . 4 reversion multitude exclusion surplus repealed speculators nativism prejudice inhabitants sufficient Many of these stayed after the Gold Rush had ended , resulting in the establishment of Chinese communities along the West Coast . 5 prejudice nativism exclusion multitude inhabitants sufficient speculators repealed surplus reversion The food shortages brought about by the rebellion caused many Chinese to fear a to those difficult times . 6 repealed exclusion surplus sufficient prejudice reversion nativism inhabitants multitude speculators As the labor grew after the Gold Rush ended , other Americans began to resent Chinese laborers and created anti - Chinese groups such as the Workingmen's Party , which connected anti - Chinese sentiment with economic and cultural arguments against Chinese immigration . 7 exclusion multitude sufficient reversion nativism surplus prejudice speculators inhabitants repealed These groups were fueled by , the idea that established deserve special treatment over immigrants . 8 exclusion surplus speculators prejudice reversion inhabitants sufficient multitude repealed nativism Hall , in which that Court ruled that minority testimony , specifically that of Chinese individuals , was not to be considered grounds for any criminal charges against a white man . 9 nativism reversion sufficient inhabitants repealed exclusion prejudice multitude surplus speculators There were a of effects from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 .