city. it was isolated from the rest of the city. the rest of san francisco didn t want anything to do with the immigrants who lived there. they didn t have anything to do with the immigrants who lived there. before chinatown was quarantined, there was a huge backlash going on against the chinese people who were emigrating to the united states. there was the 1882 chinese exclusion act which basically ended chinese immigration for ten years. prohibited chinese people from becoming u.s. citizens. that was passed by congress, signed into law by then-president chester alan arthur. there was a general sentiment back then that chinese-americans were taking over the country. there were too many of them and also a strong sense that they were the source of terrible diseases. diseases like leprosy and smallpox. you name it. when a chinese man was suspected of maybe having died of the bubonic plague in chinatown, in san francisco, that took everything to a whole different level. that was
the rest of san francisco didn t want anything to do with the immigrants who lived there. they didn t have anything to do with the immigrants who lived there. before chinatown was quarantined, there was a huge backlash going on against the chinese people who were emigrating to the united states. there was the 1882 chinese exclusion act which basically ended chinese immigration for ten years. prohibited chinese people from becoming u.s. citizens. tafs that was passed by congress, signed into law by then-president chester alan arthur. there was a general sentiment back then that chinese-americans were taking over the country. there were too many of them and also a strong sense that they were the source of terrible diseases. diseases like leprosy and smallpox. you name it. when a chinese man was suspected of maybe having died of the bubonic plague in chinatown, in san francisco, that took everything to a whole different level. that was when they decided to cordon off chinatown f