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Congress restricted Chinese immigration by limiting the number of Chinese passengers permitted on any ship coming to the U.S. to 15. (http://www.1882project.org/history/)
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In light of President Arthur’s veto of the 20 year ban, Congress revised the Chinese Exclusion Act to impose a ten year ban on the immigration of Chinese laborers. (http://www.1882project.org/history/)
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Congress broadened the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 to apply to all persons of Chinese descent. (http://www.1882project.org/history/)
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Congress prohibited all Chinese laborers who left the United States, or who in the future would choose to leave, from reentering. (http://www.1882project.org/history/)
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Congress extended all previous Chinese Exclusion Laws by ten years. By requiring Chinese persons in the United States to carry a “certificate of residence” at all times, the Geary Act made Chinese persons who could not produce these certificates presumptively deportable unless they could establish residence through the testimony of “at least one credible white witness.” (http://www.1882project.org/history/)
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Due to increasingly unfair conditions in the American south, a great number of African Americans made the venture into Northern cities.
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3,786 to 15,666
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1,931 to 9,529
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Partially due to U.S-China alliance