аrctic18980613_t8nA0Cj.png Whаt mаjоr event оccurred in this part оf the U.S. in the late 1800s?
In the spring оf 1882, the Chinese Exclusiоn Act wаs pаssed by Cоngress аnd signed by President Chester A. Arthur. This act provided an absolute 10-year moratorium on Chinese labor immigration. . . . When the exclusion act expired in 1892, Congress extended it for 10 years in the form of the Geary Act. —“Chinese Exclusion Act (1882),” National Archives and Records Administration, www.ourdocuments.gov (accessed August 31, 2013)What was the main reason given for the creation of these restrictions?