Class Notes

We struggle with immigration issues in our country today, but it is not a new thing.  By 1880, there were over 200,000 Chinese living in the U.S.  To combat this growth, the government passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, which decreased the Chinese population by 40% in 40 years.

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