Chinese Exclusion Act

Wong Kim Arc was

• a legal Chinese-born immigrant

• an American-born Chinese

• an illegal Chinese-born immigrant

• none of the above

On what basis did Wong Kim Arc sue for his citizenship rights?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The 1st Amendment

• The Supreme Court

• The 14th Amendment

The Chinese Exclusion Act was signed into law by

• Abraham Lincoln

• Rutherford B Hayes

• Chester Arthur

• Grover Cleveland

Which of the following were part of the Exclusion Act

• Chinese men couldn't marry white women

• Chinese immigration was heavily restricted

• American-Born Chinese were denied citizenship

• all of the options

Chinese Immigrants came to America (select all)

• to work on the Transcontinental Railroad

• to take part in the Gold Rush of 1849

• to do people's Laundry

• to take American jobs and threaten white women

Which of these groups supported the Exclusion Act?

• Businesses and corporations

• workers and labor unions

• Republicans including James Garfield

• none of the above

The 1892 Geary Act

• amended the Exclusion act to allow about 100 Chinese visas a year

• amended the Exclusion act to say that all Chinese needed to carry a residency permit

• overrode the Exclusion act because it was unconstitutional

• none of these options