<P> The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6 , 1882 , prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers . The act followed the Angell Treaty of 1880 , a set of revisions to the US -- China Burlingame Treaty of 1868 that allowed the US to suspend Chinese immigration . The act was initially intended to last for 10 years , but was renewed in 1892 with the Geary Act and made permanent in 1902 . The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first law implemented to prevent a specific ethnic group from immigrating to the United States . It was repealed by the Magnuson Act on December 17 , 1943 . </P>
<P> The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6 , 1882 , prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers . The act followed the Angell Treaty of 1880 , a set of revisions to the US -- China Burlingame Treaty of 1868 that allowed the US to suspend Chinese immigration . The act was initially intended to last for 10 years , but was renewed in 1892 with the Geary Act and made permanent in 1902 . The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first law implemented to prevent a specific ethnic group from immigrating to the United States . It was repealed by the Magnuson Act on December 17 , 1943 . </P>
when did the chinese exclusion act of 1882 end
when did the chinese exclusion act of 1882 end
December 17 , 1943
December 17 , 1943