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test test par Chelsea 1 inhabitants sufficient nativism prejudice reversion Exclusion speculators multitude surplus repealed The Chinese Act was a Chinese immigration act passed by the United States Congress in 1882 . 2 multitude speculators exclusion surplus prejudice inhabitants nativism reversion sufficient repealed However , as almost all Chinese immigrants could not prove that they were not seeing work , the act effectively banned all Chinese immigration until it was . 3 inhabitants multitude surplus exclusion reversion repealed speculators prejudice nativism sufficient The Chinese Exclusion Act was signed by President Chester Arthur .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laborers in particular . 4 prejudice surplus speculators nativism exclusion multitude reversion inhabitants sufficient repealed Many of these stayed after the Gold Rush had ended , resulting in the establishment of Chinese communities along the West Coast . 5 speculators sufficient reversion exclusion nativism multitude repealed inhabitants prejudice surplus The food shortages brought about by the rebellion caused many Chinese to fear a to those difficult times . 6 sufficient nativism prejudice repealed speculators exclusion multitude reversion surplus inhabitants As the labor grew after the Gold Rush ended , other Americans began to resent Chinese laborers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anti - Chinese sentiment with economic and cultural arguments against Chinese immigration . 7 surplus exclusion repealed reversion multitude nativism inhabitants prejudice sufficient speculators These groups were fueled by , the idea that established deserve special treatment over immigrants . 8 inhabitants exclusion repealed surplus multitude sufficient nativism prejudice reversion speculators Hall , in which that Court ruled that minority testimony , specifically that of Chinese individuals , was not to be considered grounds for any criminal charges against a white man . 9 repealed surplus prejudice inhabitants multitude exclusion sufficient reversion speculators nativism There were a of effects from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 .