On the 8th of May, 1882 the Chinese Exclusion Act became law. Chinese immigration to the United States was suspended for ten years, following anti-Chinese feeling in areas such as California, where gold was becoming scarcer, and the settlers sought to blame Chinese workers for low wage levels and economic decline.
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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Chinese banned from emigrating to the USA". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 20 December 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5275, accessed 23 November 2024.]
