chinese exclusion act

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chinese exclusion act - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chinese Exclusion Act \Chinese Exclusion Act\
     Any of several acts forbidding the immigration of Chinese
     laborers into the United States, originally from 1882 to 1892
     by act of May 6, 1882, then from 1892 to 1902 by act May 5,
     1892. By act of April 29, 1902, all existing legislation on
     the subject was re["e]nacted and continued, and made
     applicable to the insular possessions of the United States.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]