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Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur.
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The 1882 exclusion act also placed new requirements on Chinese who had already entered the country. If they left the United States, they had to obtain certifications to re-enter
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Exclusion act expired in 1892, Congress extended it for 10 years in the form of the Geary Act.
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The extension was made permanent in 1902, they added restrictions by requiring each Chinese resident to register and have a certificate of residence. Without a certificate, they faced deportation.
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More than 5 million southern african americans moved to the north.
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people started to immgrate
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Geary Act regulated Chinese immigration until the 1920., with mny immgrants coming in after the war, Congress had to adopt new means for regulation: quotas and requirements pertaining to national origin.
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Between 1920 and 1960 over 3,348,000 african americans moved for the south to the north or to a western city
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Congress repealed all the exclusion acts, leaving a limit of 105 Chinese people. making them seek the right naturalization.
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The Immigration Act of 1990 provided the most comprehensive change in legal immigration since 1965. T