Compléter SS Test 3/21/23Version en ligne test test test test par Chelsea 1 repealed prejudice multitude surplus reversion sufficient inhabitants Exclusion nativism speculators The Chinese Act was a Chinese immigration act passed by the United States Congress in 1882 . 2 surplus repealed multitude speculators exclusion prejudice inhabitants nativism reversion sufficient However , as almost all Chinese immigrants could not prove that they were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work , the act effectively banned all Chinese immigration until it was . 3 reversion prejudice speculators exclusion repealed surplus multitude sufficient inhabitants nativism The Chinese Exclusion Act was signed by President Chester Arthur .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immigrants in general and Chinese laborers in particular . 4 reversion nativism exclusion inhabitants multitude repealed prejudice speculators sufficient surplus Many of these stayed after the Gold Rush had ended , resulting in the establishment of Chinese communities along the West Coast . 5 surplus multitude speculators nativism prejudice reversion exclusion repealed sufficient inhabitants The food shortages brought about by the rebellion caused many Chinese to fear a to those difficult times . 6 exclusion speculators sufficient prejudice reversion inhabitants multitude surplus nativism repealed As the labor grew after the Gold Rush ended , other Americans began to resent Chinese laborers and created anti - Chinese groups such as the Workingmen's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economic and cultural arguments against Chinese immigration . 7 multitude reversion inhabitants nativism sufficient repealed speculators exclusion surplus prejudice These groups were fueled by , the idea that established deserve special treatment over immigrants . 8 repealed reversion sufficient speculators prejudice inhabitants surplus nativism exclusion multitude Hall , in which that Court ruled that minority testimony ,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individuals , was not to be considered grounds for any criminal charges against a white man . 9 inhabitants reversion repealed prejudice speculators nativism sufficient surplus multitude exclusion There were a of effects from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 .