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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.
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Congress suspended the immigration of skilled and unskilled Chinese laborers for twenty years, and expressly prohibited state and federal courts from naturalizing Chinese persons.
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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.
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Congress broadened the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 to apply to all persons of Chinese descent, “whether subject of China or any other foreign power.”
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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.
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Congress extended all previous Chinese Exclusion Laws by ten years.
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Congress indefinitely extended all Chinese Exclusion Laws
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Congress made permanent all Chinese Exclusion Laws
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About 454,000 black people moved from the south to the North
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398,000 blacks move from the south to the north