Why did the us congress pass an exclusion act in 1882 barring chinese immigrants? a. because chinese immigrants would work for low wages, which labor leaders felt took jobs away from us citizens. b. because the chinese immigrants refused to work for low wages, which labor leaders felt added jobs to the us economy. c. because the federal government had decided to ban all immigration to control the size of the us population. d. because the trend of chinese immigrants to large urban cities harmed the industrialization of the us economy .

The U.S. Congress passed an Exclusion Act in 1882 barring Chinese immigrants A. because Chinese immigrants would work for low wages, which labor leaders felt took jobs away form U.S. citizens. The Chinese Exclusion Act imposed a 10-year moratorium for Chinese laborers because it endangered U.S. citizens. This was the first time an ethnic group was not allowed to enter the U.S.

  the common sense as a pamphlet written by thomas paine. it promoted the independence of the colonies from british rule. the distribution of this pamphlet was great, it reached people everywhere and it was even read aloud at places people met. it also unite the colonists before the revolutionary war.

answer is d