Why did the US government single out Chinese Immigrants in particular for exclusion?
O They found more gold in the gold rush than any American citizen. They were jealous.
Their culture was too different from the US mainstream culture and America was
already dealing with Native American conflict, so America couldn't deal with the
Chinese cultural clash at this time.
They were able to work for cheap labor, thus taking American jobs and being blamed
for American unemployment on the railroads.