Volume 11 , Issue 38

1882 - Immigration

1882 - Immigration -- U.S. immigration from Germany reached its peak. The first U.S. cacti restricting general immigration was passed by congress. The new law excluded convicts, paupers, and defectives and it imposed a head tax on immigrants.

The 1880 Chinese Exclusion Act took effect and barred entry of Chinese laborers for a period of 10 years. The loss of chinese labor spurred development of machinery to clean and bone fish in California's salmon canneries.
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