Read the quote from the Chinese Exclusion Act.
What was the government saying about Chinese
immigrants?

As discontent against the Chinese people rose in the United States, it was hard for the government to reconcile American sentiments and result was the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Explanation:

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first major statute limiting immigration of particular ethnic groups into the United States. It was a reaction to a native retaliation against Chinese immigration on the United States West Coast. A group of American workers thought that the Chinese were competing unfairly, arguing that they had been brought into the country to provide cheap labor.

in the 1800s, chinese workers migrated to the united states, first to work in the gold mines, but also to take agricultural jobs, and factory work, especially in the garment industry. chinese immigrants were particularly instrumental in building railroads in the american west, and as chinese laborers grew successful in the united states, a number of them became entrepreneurs in their own right. as the numbers of chinese laborers increased, so did the strength of anti-chinese sentiment among other workers in the american economy. this finally resulted in legislation that aimed to limit future immigration of chinese workers to the united states, and threatened to sour diplomatic relations between the united states and china.

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