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version test test test test by Chelsea 1 multitude inhabitants surplus speculators sufficient prejudice nativism repealed reversion Exclusion The Chinese Act was a Chinese immigration act passed by the United States Congress in 1882 . 2 exclusion surplus sufficient reversion speculators prejudice inhabitants multitude repealed nativism However , as almost all Chinese immigrants could not prove that they were not seeing work , the act effectively banned all Chinese immigration until it was . 3 exclusion surplus multitude inhabitants sufficient nativism reversion prejudice repealed speculators The Chinese Exclusion Act was signed by President Chester Arthur .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act was driven by widespread against Chinese immigrants in general and Chinese laborers in particular . 4 reversion repealed exclusion inhabitants prejudice speculators nativism surplus sufficient multitude Many of these stayed after the Gold Rush had ended , resulting in the establishment of Chinese communities along the West Coast . 5 repealed surplus nativism inhabitants prejudice multitude sufficient speculators exclusion reversion The food shortages brought about by the rebellion caused many Chinese to fear a to those difficult times . 6 reversion surplus multitude prejudice sufficient nativism repealed speculators inhabitants exclusion As the labor grew after the Gold Rush ended , other Americans began to resent Chinese laborers and created anti - Chinese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Party , which connected anti - Chinese sentiment with economic and cultural arguments against Chinese immigration . 7 repealed prejudice sufficient speculators surplus multitude inhabitants nativism exclusion reversion These groups were fueled by , the idea that established deserve special treatment over immigrants . 8 reversion inhabitants speculators sufficient surplus nativism repealed multitude prejudice exclusion Hall , in which that Court ruled that minority testimony , specifically that of Chinese individuals , was not to be considered grounds for any criminal charges against a white man . 9 prejudice sufficient exclusion nativism inhabitants repealed multitude reversion speculators surplus There were a of effects from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 .