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Which treaty did Chester A. Arthur argue was violated by the first version of the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Burlingame Treaty
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Ghent
Answer
Chester A. Arthur vetoed the first version of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, arguing that its twenty-year ban on Chinese immigrants to the United States violated the Burlingame Treaty. He later signed a second version, which included a ten-year ban.
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