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Chinese Exclusion Act
denied Chinese people further access to United States, Chinese people could not become U.S. citizens, could not own mines, attended segregated schools, not granted the right to vote -
Start of Mental Hygiene Movement
1900-1945. 3 ideas. (1) People disillusioned with mental hospitals and their conditions. (2) Psychiatric units in hospitals developing. (3) "Mental illness" replacing "insanity" -
White House Conference on Dependent Children
First conference: in favor of family care vs. institutional care, conference held every 10 years since -
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: largest/oldest U.S. civil rights organization, formed to outrage of lynching of African Americans, 1,500 chapters nationwide -
Programs/Assistance to Mothers
1911-1919: programs developed for single mothers with dependent children -
U.S. Children's Bureau
formation of the Bureau, collect information on children, children's welfare became focal point -
Puerto Ricans obtain U.S. citizenship
People of Puerto Rican descent were able to travel across borders without any extra restraints. -
Immigration Acts of 1924
Attempted to halt Asian immigration within U.S. boundaries. Refused to allow individuals of an Asian nationality to live in U.S. in 1890. -
U.S. Border Patrol created
People, such as Chicano/Chicana professionals, attempted to cross over the border and be deemed refugees in the U.S. Others crossed over the border to do cheap labor on farms and ranches. -
Stock Market Crash 1929
Heavy reliance on federal government for social services, start of Great Depression
