American Immigration Policy- Ekene & Bernie

By ekeneo14

  • 1820

    More than 65 million immigrants entered the U.S. Nearly 40% of that entered the U.S

  • Before 1820

    The U.S doesn't bother to count immigrants (pre-census)

  • 1820s

    Mayor in New York looked upon the Irish and Germans as "filthy, intemperate, unused to the comforts of life regardless of its properties

  • Late 1840s

    A big wave of Irish and German came to the U.S because of starvation and disease

  • 1848

    The U.S expanded in both size and wealth throughout the 1800s

  • 1868

    Citizenship becomes granted to anyone that comes to the U.S

  • 1870

    Chinese took up 20-30% of the work labor force in California

  • 1820-1880

    70 percent of immigrants are coming from Great Britain, Germany, and Ireland

  • 1861-1880

    Almost 200,000 Chinese came to the U.S for the construction of railroads

  • 1882

    Anti-Chinese sentiment goes national. Congress passes the Chinese exclusion act, prohibited Chinese workers to enter the U.S

  • 1886 -middle of Industrial Revolution

    1886, Statue of Liberty overlooking, New York Harbor, the US had less than 60 million people.

  • 1886

    334,000 immigrants entered the U.S

  • 1900

    4/5 were either born abroad or born immigrants

  • 1917

    Require a literacy test for immigrants was repeatedly vetoed by president Grover Cleveland

  • 1920

    Newcomers come from eastern Europe, especially from Italy, Austria Hungary and Russa. Speaks different languages so U.S makes literacy a requirement to enter the U.S

  • 1921

    Immgrantints acts of 1924( National origins act) was passed to create immigrants quotas on national origins

  • 1948

    The Displaced Persons Act, that act allowed admission over 400,000 refugees left homeless by WW2 and the imposition of communism in Europe

  • 1950

    68% of the immigrants entering the U.S had come from Europe and Canada. Allowed Asain Immigrants to come to the U.S again

  • 1952

    The National Origins Act is no longer in effect, immigration went down to its lowest level since the 1800s

  • 1965

    Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, happen during a period of robust economic growth and replaced the old quotas

  • 1970s

    Immigration law had faced challenges, more immigrants were coming in illegally

  • 1970

    Immigration grew at a rapid pace

  • 2001

    More than one million immigrants, illegal and legal came to the U.S

  • 2001

    National Security concerns become prominent in the debate over immigration policy