Fill in the Blanks SS Test 3/21/23Online version test test test test by Chelsea 1 nativism surplus Exclusion reversion sufficient repealed inhabitants speculators multitude prejudice The Chinese Act was a Chinese immigration act passed by the United States Congress in 1882 . 2 exclusion speculators repealed sufficient multitude prejudice reversion inhabitants surplus nativism However , as almost all Chinese immigrants could not prove that they were not seeing work , the act effectively banned all Chinese immigration until it was . 3 inhabitants repealed surplus speculators multitude exclusion reversion nativism sufficient prejudice The Chinese Exclusion Act was signed by President Chester Arthur . The passage of this act was driven by widespread against Chinese immigrants in general and Chinese laborers in particular . 4 inhabitants repealed exclusion speculators nativism reversion multitude sufficient surplus prejudice Many of these stayed after the Gold Rush had ended , resulting in the establishment of Chinese communities along the West Coast . 5 multitude prejudice repealed reversion surplus sufficient nativism inhabitants speculators exclusion The food shortages brought about by the rebellion caused many Chinese to fear a to those difficult times . 6 surplus inhabitants repealed speculators nativism multitude sufficient prejudice reversion exclusion As the labor grew after the Gold Rush ended , other Americans began to resent Chinese laborers and created anti - Chinese groups such as the Workingmen's Party , which connected anti - Chinese sentiment with economic and cultural arguments against Chinese immigration . 7 exclusion surplus reversion multitude sufficient nativism repealed prejudice speculators inhabitants These groups were fueled by , the idea that established deserve special treatment over immigrants . 8 prejudice surplus reversion repealed inhabitants exclusion nativism multitude speculators sufficient Hall , in which that Court ruled that minority testimony , specifically that of Chinese individuals , was not to be considered grounds for any criminal charges against a white man . 9 repealed nativism inhabitants prejudice surplus multitude exclusion sufficient reversion speculators There were a of effects from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 .