What do you predict the Chinese Exclusion Act will say, based on the timeline?
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What do you predict the Chinese Exclusion Act will say, based on the timeline?

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Historical Context: Timeline Analysis
Directions: Review the timeline below. Answer the analysis questions on the next page.
Timeline of Chinese Immigration and Exclusion
Compiled using: SHEG | UC Berkeley
1785
Three Chinese seamen arrive in Baltimore, MD
1790
The Naturalization Act of 1790 restricts citizenship to "free white persons" of "good
moral character"
1830
First US Census notation of Chinese in America records 3 Chinese Americans
1848
Gold discovered at Sutter's Mill, California; many Chinese arrive to mine for gold
1850
Chinese American population in U.S. is about 4,000 out of a population of 23.2 million.
Chinese in California form associations for mutual protection
California institutes the Foreign Miners' tax, targets Chinese and Mexican miners
1852
Approximately 17,000-25,000 Chinese live in California
1854
California Supreme Court rules that Chinese people cannot give testimony in court
against white American citizens (People v. Hall)
1858
California legally prohibits Chinese and "Mongolian" immigration.
1860
United States trade with China tripled from 1845 levels
Chinese American population in US is 34,933 out of a total population of 31.4 million
1865
Central Pacific recruits Chinese workers to build a transcontinental railroad
1869
Transcontinental railroad completed, with significant Chinese labor contribution
1870
Congress approves the Naturalization Act, barring Chinese from earning citizenship
Chinese American population in US is 63,199 out of a total population of 38.5 million
1871
Anti Chinese violence in Los Angeles, 17 - 20 Chinese men are tortured and hung
Panic of 1873: Start of a major economic downturn, blamed on corrupt railroad
companies and Chinese labor "stealing" American jobs
1873
1878
Federal district court in California rules Chinese ineligible for naturalized citizenship
1880
Approximately 105,000 Chinese in America (less than 10% of California's population)
California passed anti-miscegenation law (Chinese and whites could not marry)
1882
Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
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