Derrick Timeline

By DerrickGraham

  • The Chinese act

    The Chinese act
    It was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States. 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 ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States.

  • Interstate Commerce Act

    Interstate Commerce Act
    The Interstate Commerce Act addressed the problem of railroad monopolies by setting guidelines for how the railroads could do business.

  • Plessy V. Ferguson

    Plessy V. Ferguson
    Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality