Question

What was the result of the Chinese Exclusion Act of the late 1800s?

Answer 1

In 1882, Chinese migrants were excluded from American citizenship by the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Explanation:

After the Civil War, the fourteenth amdendment gave the right to all men and women born on American soil to be granted US citizenship.

The Chinese Exclusion Act was aimed at preventing them from benefittng from it just like Native Americans would not be granted US citizenship until 1924.

Chinese workers had come massively on the Pacific Coast to work as railroad construction workers. They underwent discrimination on a large scale.