Question

unit 1 - week 3 - the gilded age (immigration and urbanization) - ush
expected outcomes
in the spring of 1882, the chinese exclusion act was passed by congress and signed by president chester a arthur. this act provided an absolute 10 - year moratorium on chinese labor immigration.... when the exclusion act expired in 1892, congress extended it for 10 years in the form of the geary act. - \chinese exclusion act (1882),\ national archives and records administration, www.ourdocuments.gov (accessed august 31, 2013)

1. what was the main reason given for the creation of these restrictions? (us.3c)

f preventing the depletion of natural resources
g discouraging anti - american activism
h reducing competition for u.s. jobs
j addressing a lack of urban housing

1. nineteenth - century nativist organizations advocated - (us.3c)

f limiting federal military power through the organization of local militias
g conserving natural resources through the creation of national parks
h globalizing the economy through participation in free - trade agreements
j promoting an ethnically homogeneous society through restrictions on immigration

Explanation:

The Chinese Exclusion Act was mainly due to fears among Americans that Chinese laborers would take U.S. jobs. Nativist organizations in the 19th - century aimed to keep the ethnic - makeup of the U.S. homogeneous by restricting immigration.

Answer:

1. H Reducing competition for U.S. jobs
2. J promoting an ethnically homogeneous society through restrictions on immigration