Scott Act (1888)
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The Scott Act was a United States
law that prohibited Chinese laborers abroad or who planned future travels from returning. Its main author was William Lawrence Scott
of Pennsylvania
. It was introduced to expand upon the Chinese Exclusion Act passed in 1882. This left an estimated 20,000-30,000 Chinese outside the United States at the time stranded.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
law that prohibited Chinese laborers abroad or who planned future travels from returning. Its main author was William Lawrence Scott
William Lawrence Scott
William Lawrence Scott was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. His body is buried at Erie Cemetery.-Family:...
of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. It was introduced to expand upon the Chinese Exclusion Act passed in 1882. This left an estimated 20,000-30,000 Chinese outside the United States at the time stranded.
See also
- Chinese ExclusionChinese ExclusionChinese Exclusion refers to a body of racially discriminatory immigration policies first set up in the United States, but later imitated by Australia and Canada ....
- Chinese American history
- List of United States Immigration Acts
- United States v. Wong Kim ArkUnited States v. Wong Kim ArkUnited States v. Wong Kim Ark, , was a United States Supreme Court decision that set an important legal precedent about the role of jus soli as a factor in determining a person's claim to United States citizenship...
, which held that the Chinese Exclusion Act could not overrule the citizenship of those born in the U.S. to Chinese parents