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test test test test by Chelsea 1 inhabitants prejudice multitude Exclusion nativism surplus speculators sufficient repealed reversion The Chinese Act was a Chinese immigration act passed by the United States Congress in 1882 . 2 exclusion surplus reversion repealed nativism prejudice inhabitants sufficient multitude speculators However , as almost all Chinese immigrants could not prove that they were not seeing work ,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until it was . 3 reversion speculators sufficient nativism surplus inhabitants multitude exclusion prejudice repealed The Chinese Exclusion Act was signed by President Chester Arthur .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general and Chinese laborers in particular . 4 nativism inhabitants sufficient prejudice reversion surplus exclusion repealed speculators multitude Many of these stayed after the Gold Rush had ended , resulting in the establishment of Chinese communities along the West Coast . 5 repealed exclusion reversion multitude nativism surplus inhabitants prejudice speculators sufficient The food shortages brought about by the rebellion caused many Chinese to fear a to those difficult times . 6 sufficient prejudice repealed multitude speculators nativism surplus inhabitants reversion exclusion As the labor grew after the Gold Rush ended , other Americans began to resent Chinese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arguments against Chinese immigration . 7 nativism reversion inhabitants multitude exclusion surplus prejudice repealed sufficient speculators These groups were fueled by , the idea that established deserve special treatment over immigrants . 8 prejudice surplus sufficient nativism reversion repealed multitude inhabitants speculators exclusion Hall , in which that Court ruled that minority testimony , specifically that of Chinese individuals , was not to be considered grounds for any criminal charges against a white man . 9 speculators sufficient reversion multitude repealed nativism inhabitants exclusion surplus prejudice There were a of effects from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 .