Question

Which sentence in the passage should be revised to reduce wordiness?

Answer 1

In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which was a law that prohibited Chinese workers from immigrating to the United States for ten years. This act was designed to halt Chinese immigrants from coming to the United States. However, it also prohibited Chinese immigrants from becoming U.S. citizens.

Explanation:

In the given sentence “In 1882..” the sentence already conveys that the law was passed to bar Chinese workers from immigrating to the US for the next ten years. Thus it would be inappropriate to repeat “act was designed..”.

Hence the revised passage would look like as provided below-

During the mid-1800s, the mid-nineteenth century, many various Chinese labourers came to the U.S. to start the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. After the railroad was completed, Chinese immigrants faced increasing amounts of prejudice and discrimination. Many native-born Americans felt that the Chinese were responsible for unemployment and decreasing wages. In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, a law that prohibited Chinese workers from immigrating to the United States for ten years and becoming U.S. citizens. The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first national legislation to restrict free immigration to the United States.