[07US] Read the following passage; then answer the question…
Read the following passage; then answer the question that follows. That the master of any vessel who shall knowingly bring within the United States on such vessel, and land or permit to be landed, any Chinese laborer, from any foreign port or place, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each and every such Chinese laborer so brought, and may be also imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year. — Section 2, Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882 Passage of this legislation was mainly a response to _______.