Chinese Exclusion Act True or False

1. What state did the anti-Chinese movement spring from? -> Arizona
2. What economic calamity helped create the Chinese Exclusion Act? -> The Panic of 1873
3. What event provided the political collateral to repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act? -> An alliance with the Chinese against the Japanese in World War II.
4. What was President Hayes' reason for vetoing the first attempt at a Chinese Exclusion Act in 1879? -> It was racist.
5. What two events encouraged Chinese immigration? -> The Civil War and the Scott Act.

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