Forgotten America: Rediscovering Events That Changed the Nation

Forever Foreigners: Anti-Asian Laws (1x3)

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Many in the United States sought to restrict immigration in the late 19th century. In this lecture, focus on Chinese exclusion. Why was the federal government so eager to curb a population it had depended on for cheap railroad labor? And how did the Chinese Exclusion Act lay the groundwork for Japanese internment 60 years later?