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U.S. congress bans importantion of slavery
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worst year of Irish Potatoe Famine
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election year, congressmen and senators
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anti-coolie act (anti-Chinese immigration act)
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Homestead act- gives 160 acres of free land to anyone in exchange for 5 years living on it
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Trans-continental railroad- many workers were Chinese and Irish (American's didn't like that)
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Chinese exclusion act
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Immigration act of 1882- tax of 50 cents for every immigrant
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dedication of Statue of Liberty from French
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anarchist exclusion act
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expatriation act
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immigration act of 1917-a law that required immigrants to be able to read in some language
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Jones Shafrach act- if you are Puerto Rican, you aren't a citizen of the U.S. unless you join the army
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alien registration act
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McCarran-Walter act- allowed more Asians
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Immigration and Nationality act of 1965
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Immigrant and Reform Control Act
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Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Resposibility Act- Made immigration a lot harder
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U.S.A. Patriot Act- Homeland security department requires people leaving U.S. to have a passport (macine readable)
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Real I.D. Act- strengthened Patiot Act and complicated I.D. process
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Arizona Immigration Law- trying to combat immigration from Mexico (called illegal immigrants trespassors)