The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882-U.S

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Historical Background 
Primary Sources    
Denix Kearney and H. L. Knight, “Appeal from California. The Chinese Invasion. Workingmen’s Address,” Indianapolis Times, February 28, 1878 
Jerome A. Hart, “The Sand Lot and Kearneyism,” 1931   
James G. Blaine, “Chinese Immigration to the Pacific Slope,” February 14, 1879          
Thomas Nast, “Every Dog” (No Distinction of Color) “Has His Day,” Harper’s Weekly, February 8, 1879    
Chinese Exclusion Act, Chapter 126, 1882   
Huan Zunxian, “Expulsion of the Immigrants,” 1884
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