Chinese Exclusion Act

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Across
  1. 2. the strategy used by male Chinese immigrants to avoid restrictive laws
  2. 4. the act that repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act
  3. 9. the act that required Chinese immigrants to carry a certificate of residence
  4. 10. the railroad that connected the West Coast of the U.S. to the East Coast
  5. 11. the island where many Chinese immigrants were detained and interrogated
  6. 12. a racist ideology that portrayed Chinese as a threat to Western society
  7. 13. a series of wars between the Chinese and British that fueled as a push factor
Down
  1. 1. the name of the man, despite having return papers, was denied reentry into the U.S.
  2. 3. the name of the political cartoon depicting Uncle Sam kicking out the Chinese
  3. 5. the act that prohibited people from reentering the U.S. after a visit to China
  4. 6. the act that provided a 10-year ban on Chinese laborers entering the U.S.
  5. 7. a set of beliefs favoring the native inhabitants over immigrants
  6. 8. along with accepting lower wages, Chinese were hired over whites because they had no desire to ____
  7. 9. the main pull factor for Chinese to America