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Chinese Exclusion Act "1882: culmination of 30 years of growing racism against Chinese immigrants, thought to lower wages banned Chinese from immigrating, but was later repealed in 1943 when Chinese needed to fight Japan
 
Chinese Exclusion Act "1882: culmination of 30 years of growing racism against Chinese immigrants, thought to lower wages banned Chinese from immigrating, but was later repealed in 1943 when Chinese needed to fight Japan
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== Indians and the Frontier ==
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Indians:
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Helen Hunt Jackson "1881: published book called ""A Century of Dishonor"", which cited unjust treatment of Indians by U.S."
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Dawes Act "1887: granted landholdings (allotments, usually 160 acres/65 hectares) to individual Native Americans, replacing communal tribal holdings. It sought to absorb tribe members into the general public
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The Act was a failure: within decades most of the tribal land had become owned by non-Indians
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Frontier:
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US Census Bureau declares  … 1890: … the frontier has been settled and is officially closed
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Frederick Jackson Turner 1893: wrote that frontier experience promoted individualism & democracy
    
== Tariffs, Taxes and Pensions ==
 
== Tariffs, Taxes and Pensions ==
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