Fill in the Blanks SS Test 3/21/23Online version test test test test by Chelsea 1 surplus repealed nativism reversion inhabitants speculators prejudice sufficient multitude Exclusion The Chinese Act was a Chinese immigration act passed by the United States Congress in 1882 . 2 reversion inhabitants prejudice speculators exclusion repealed sufficient multitude surplus nativism However , as almost all Chinese immigrants could not prove that they were not seeing work , the act effectively banned all Chinese immigration until it was . 3 speculators surplus repealed inhabitants exclusion prejudice multitude nativism reversion sufficient The Chinese Exclusion Act was signed by President Chester Arthur .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against Chinese immigrants in general and Chinese laborers in particular . 4 surplus reversion prejudice sufficient repealed speculators inhabitants exclusion nativism multitude Many of these stayed after the Gold Rush had ended , resulting in the establishment of Chinese communities along the West Coast . 5 multitude exclusion repealed sufficient nativism prejudice surplus speculators inhabitants reversion The food shortages brought about by the rebellion caused many Chinese to fear a to those difficult times . 6 repealed surplus exclusion sufficient speculators nativism multitude inhabitants prejudice reversion As the labor grew after the Gold Rush ended , other Americans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economic and cultural arguments against Chinese immigration . 7 inhabitants speculators exclusion sufficient nativism repealed prejudice reversion multitude surplus These groups were fueled by , the idea that established deserve special treatment over immigrants . 8 nativism exclusion reversion repealed sufficient prejudice surplus multitude inhabitants speculators Hall , in which that Court ruled that minority testimony , specifically that of Chinese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, was not to be considered grounds for any criminal charges against a white man . 9 sufficient surplus reversion repealed multitude inhabitants prejudice exclusion speculators nativism There were a of effects from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 .