In the year 1882, the U.S senate passed the Chinese Exclusion act and was signed by President Chester A. Arthur. During the time period, there was many immigrants, especially Chinese, that immigrated to the United States, which caused a lot of labor. Congress decided to pass this law because a lot of Chinese people were illegally immigrating to the United States and taking away the jobs that the American Citizens wanted. The Act caused the Chinese to be ineligible for naturalization, meaning that they can't become a citizen. Because of the act, the Chinese population in the U.S during that time declined tremendously.
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The founding members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) were all from the Middle East, except for
Canada
. The members of the organization formed an alliance to influence the world economy by controlling
the price and supply of oil
.
Explanation:
Cicero was a very famous philosopher and orator during the time period of Ancient Rome. He was known for adding both rhetoric and oratory to the studies of the language and had a large influence in prose and the current language during that time period, Latin.
Answer:
True
Explanation:
Due to fertility of land in the south there was plenty of room for people to grow cash crops and start plantations, so they would need slaves to run the farms and plantations.
