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Change in Imigration
Immigration patterns changed alot because more immigrants came into the U.S. from Eastern Europe. Back then the most immigrants came from European Countries.
Now the majority came from North and South America -
Arriving in America
First set foot on U.S. soil -
New Wave of Immigrants
Between 1800's and 1880's more than 10 million immigrants came to the U.S. -
Exclusion Act
This act implied chinese who had already left the country to obtain certificates to re-enter -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Chinese exclusion act was passed by congress and signed by President Chester -
a Difficult Act
Act of skilled and unskilled laberers and chinese employed in mining made it difficult for people to prove they were not laboreres -
Exclusion Expired
Exclusion act expired but congress extended it for 10 years in the form of the Geary act -
Immigration restiction league
Immigration restiction league imposed a literacy test on all immigrants -
Start of the great migration
1915 is the year the great migration began -
Claude Neal Lynching
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Ida Mae Leaves Mississippi for Chicago
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Immigration Act Passed
Congress passed the Immigration Act -
Entering the U.S
a limit of 170,000 immigrants from outside the Western Hemisphere could enter the U.S -
Martin Luther King is Killed and Riots Break Out
Martin Luther King is assasinated -
Crack Epidemic Begins
This drug epidemic lasts untill 1994. This drug destroys black families and communities -
Legal immigration
Provided the most comprehensive change in legal immigration since 1965