"Whereas, in the opinion of the Government of the United States the coming of Chinese laborers to this country endangers the good order of certain localities... be it enacted... that from and after the expiration of ninety days next after the passage of this act... the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States be... suspended." — Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882
The Chinese Exclusion Act established a precedent most clearly extended by which later policy?
- Acheck_circle
The National Origins Act (Immigration Act) of 1924
- B
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
- C
The Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883
- D
The Homestead Act of 1862
Explanation
The 1924 Immigration Act extended the principle of race-based national restriction first written into federal law in 1882.