Context: Chinese men entered the United States as laborers, primarily on the West Coast and in western territories. Following the Reconstruction era, as blacks set up independent farms, white planters imported Chinese laborers to satisfy their need for labor. In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed, and Chinese workers who chose to stay in the U.S. were unable to have their wives join them. In the South, some Chinese married into the black and mulatto communities, as generally discrimination meant they did not take white spouses. They rapidly left working as laborers, and set up groceries in small towns throughout the South. They worked to get their children educated and socially mobile.

Question: Where did most Chinese men enter the US?
Answer: primarily on the West Coast and in western territories

Question: Who imported Chinese laborers?
Answer: white planters

Question: What cause wives to be unable to move to the US with their Chinese husbands after 1882?
Answer: the Chinese Exclusion Act

Question: What did racial bias generally mean for Chinese people?
Answer: they did not take white spouses

Question: What did Chinese laborers do after they left that line of work?
Answer: set up groceries in small towns throughout the South

Question: Who entered the United States as intellectuals?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who did white planters import before the Reconstruction era?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What act allowed Chinese workers in the U.S. to have their wives join them?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Where did Chinese men take white spouses?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What did Chinese men set up in cities throughout the North?
Answer: Unanswerable