The resulting Angell Treaty permitted the United States to restrict, but not completely prohibit, Chinese immigration<span>. In </span>1882<span>, </span>Congress passed<span> the Chinese </span>Exclusion Act<span>, which, per the terms of the Angell Treaty, suspended the </span>immigration<span> of Chinese laborers skilled or unskilled for a period of </span>10 years<span>.</span>
