The text below is from a US government act in 1882

"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the expiration of ninety days next after the

passage of this act, and until the expiration of ten years next after the passage of this act, the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States be, and the same is hereby, suspended;

and during such suspension it shall not be lawful for any Chinese laborer to come, or having so come after the expiration of said ninety days to remain within the United States.

This government act was passed in response to which of the following?

A) nativist laborers in the North who lobbled to Congress

B) complaints from immigrants who came from European countries

C) violent behavior from Chinese Immigrants living in the North

D) nativist protests in the West against Chinese immigrant laborers

D) Nativist protests in the West against Chinese immigrant laborers.

Explanation:

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is more famously known as the act that prevents the immigration of a certain race of people into America. This act was passed by the United States government in an attempt to procure employment for its own people and thus, preventing the employment or influx of Chinese workers / laborers into US soil.

The act declared "That from and after the expiration of ninety days next after the passage of this act, and until the expiration of ten years next after the passage of this act, the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States be, and the same is hereby, suspended". This act greatly pressurized the immigrant Chinese workers to either stay alone and work or go back home to their families. It was a result of the increasing competition between the native workers and the immigrant workers, and it was the only way to secure employment for native workers, starting prominently from the state of California.

Thus, the correct answer is option D.