Answer: Chinese immigrants were treated unfairly during the Gilded age and were disliked by the general American public.
Explanation: Many Americans did not appreciate the culture of Chinese immigrants. American workers were also afraid of the threat of lower wages due to Chinese immigrants being willing to work for low wages. Most Chinese workers were heavily discriminated against. In 1882, the US Congress passed their first law to restrict immigration into the United States, the Chinese Exclusion Act.
