Progressive Era

By chloe siharat

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act
    The first significant law to prevent immigrants from coming to the United States, Passed by Congress and President Chester A. Arthur, the act had a 10-year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States.

  • Plessy V. Ferguson

    Plessy V. Ferguson
    Upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for"equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races."