Why did the number of Chinese immigrants fall drastically in the late nineteenth century?
a. Chinese laborers were treated so poorly in the West that fewer immigrants wanted to come to the United States.
b. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 suspended immigration of Chinese laborers.
c. The Homestead Act did not apply to Chinese immigrants and thus there was no land available for them.
d. China blocked emigration in retaliation for American trade policies.
b. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 suspended immigration of Chinese laborers.
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