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Mind Map by SHAYLEN NAIDOO, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by SHAYLEN NAIDOO
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Chinese Immigration Act
- Chinese Exclusion
Act(1882)
- First Law to restrict immigration in the United States
- The act was passed by the congress and signed by president Chester A.Arthur in May 6th 1882
- The act was passed by the congress and signed by president Chester A.Arthur in May 6th 1882
- First Law to restrict immigration in the United States
- Chinese Immigration Act(1885-1947)
- Canadians copied the Americans idea for the Chinese exclusion act
- Chinese were the first ethnic origin to have restrictions from coming into Canada
- Federal government made restrictions on the Chinese
- The chinese had to pay a $50 fee to get into Canada, which was a big difference to the usual $10
- Chinese Immigration Act (1923-1947)
- 1923 the immigration act was signed by prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King In
response to more demand of limiting the amount of chinese immigration
- July 1,1923 was the day when they established that Chinese were not allowed to enter Canada unless
you were a merchant, diplomats, student attending college or university, or a foreign exchange
students
- Chinese Canadians referred to July First as the day of shame
- The Chinese Immigration Act restricted the Chinese from immigrating into Canada
- Chinese found loopholes to still get in and caused the whites to be angry for this act, causing the
Chinese to not come into Canada unless they met a really narrow set of requirements
- Had to pay an entrance fee of $500
- The urge for Chinese Immigration Act mostly came from British Columbia but received support from
across Canada
- Post war problems were blamed on the Chinese because they were a visible minority
- Chinese immigration fraud increased the urge for the Chinese to have a limit from coming into
Canada.
- Chinese labourers said they were students to avoid entry fee
- The act was cancelled in 1947 because of the charter of rights
- Once the act was taken away there was still a law that said all immigrants have to be 18 or over.
- July 22 2006 Stephen Harper was the first to apologize for the Chinese Immigration Act
- The law wasn’t fair it only excluded the chinese
- The law wasn’t fair it only excluded the chinese
- July 22 2006 Stephen Harper was the first to apologize for the Chinese Immigration Act
- Once the act was taken away there was still a law that said all immigrants have to be 18 or over.
- The act was cancelled in 1947 because of the charter of rights
- Chinese labourers said they were students to avoid entry fee
- Chinese immigration fraud increased the urge for the Chinese to have a limit from coming into
Canada.
- Post war problems were blamed on the Chinese because they were a visible minority
- The urge for Chinese Immigration Act mostly came from British Columbia but received support from
across Canada
- Had to pay an entrance fee of $500
- Chinese found loopholes to still get in and caused the whites to be angry for this act, causing the
Chinese to not come into Canada unless they met a really narrow set of requirements
- The Chinese Immigration Act restricted the Chinese from immigrating into Canada
- Chinese Canadians referred to July First as the day of shame
- July 1,1923 was the day when they established that Chinese were not allowed to enter Canada unless
you were a merchant, diplomats, student attending college or university, or a foreign exchange
students
- 1923 the immigration act was signed by prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King In
response to more demand of limiting the amount of chinese immigration
- Chinese Immigration Act (1923-1947)
- The chinese had to pay a $50 fee to get into Canada, which was a big difference to the usual $10
- Federal government made restrictions on the Chinese
- Chinese were the first ethnic origin to have restrictions from coming into Canada
- Canadians copied the Americans idea for the Chinese exclusion act
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