The chinese exclusion act was the first significant law restricting immigration into the united states. why do you think the us government singled out chinese immigrants in particular for exclusion?

There are two likely reasons why the government chose to restrict Chinese immigration into the United States in particular. The first reason was the fact that Chinese people were considered competition in areas of the country that were reasonably wealthy, such as California. Certain industries such as mining had large numbers of Chinese laborers, which meant that less jobs were available for Americans. The second reason was racism, as America was reluctant to accept large numbers of immigrants that were not of Caucasian or European origin.

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it was certainly a debatable decision, mainly because it was based primarily on political - and not on legal or social - views. since the congress at that time was led by members of the republican party, and the territory that the tribes wanted to turn into an exclusively indian state was predominantly democratic, the proposal (as expressed in the constitution) did not succeed, but the constitution itself proved to be of crucial importance in the creation of the state of oklahoma, and, most importantly, it guaranteed the involvement of representatives of the indian tribes in the government of the future joint state.  

as a member of congress, i would have voted to ratify the constitution, or at least to have it tabled. ignoring it was an interested and partial decision.