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United States Congress bans importation of slavery
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Worst year of the Irish Potato Famine
brouht irish immirants to america -
Election year
The Knownothing party (originally the american party) -
Anit-Coolie Act
Actfrom California to keep ut the chinese -
Homestead Act
Gave 160 acres of free lad to live on it for 5 years -
Transcontinental RailRoad
Broughtin moe immigrants to build it -
Chinese Exclusion Act
No more chinese for 10 years -
Immigration Act of 1882
charges a tax to all immigrants cming in from ports and keeps lunatics out -
Dedication of the Statue of Liberty
France sarts bulding the statue of america -
Anarchist Exclusion Act
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Ex-Patriation Act
Declared that any americn woman who married a foriegn man losses their citizanship -
The Immigration Act of 1917
Law that required Immigrants to read -
Emergancy Quota Act
Only 3%of polation from region alowed to mgrate to America per year -
Alien Registration Act
Green Card Law -
McCarran-Walter Act
Encourages immiration of peope with specific skills -
Immigration and Nationality Act
First time government tries to limit immigration from mexico -
Immigration and Reform Control Act
Act offered amnesty to illegal aliens and made it illigal to hire an illegal alien -
Illegal Immigration Reform and Imigrant Resonsibility Act
Made it harder for imgrants to seek refuge -
U.S.A. Patriot Act
Created Homeland Security departent and requires people leaving the counrty to have passports -
REAL ID Act
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Arizona Immigration Law
Specificly addresses immigrants from Mexico in Arizona
