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Chinese Exclusion Act
This act was passed by Congress and signed by President A. Arthur and it provided an absolute 10-year moratorium on Chinese labor immigration. This is an important event because it was the first act that allowed immigrants to come to the United States. -
Geary Act
When the exclusion act expired in 1892, Congress extended it for 10 years in the form of the Geary Act. -
Geary Act
The Geary Act was made permanent and this added restrictions by requiring each Chinese resident to register and obtain a certificate of residence. Without a certificate, she or he faced deportation. But this Act also extended the immigrants period of time they can stay in the United State so most of the citizens that were xenpphobia were mad about it. -
The Great Migration
the mass movement of about five million southern blacks to the north and west between 1915 and 1960. This event is important because most of the blacks moved only to north and west for a while because the other continents were really strict or didnt allow them to enter. -
Repealed Exclusion Acts
Congress repealed all the exclusion acts, leaving a yearly limit of 105 Chinese and gave foreign-born Chinese the right to seek naturalization. This Act was bad for the Imigrants because it lowered their stay in the U.S. but it was good for the Xenophobians because most of the immigrants had to leave -
Immigration Act
The so-called national origin system, with various modififications, lasted until Congress passed this Act. -
Immigration Act of 1965
A limit of 170,000 immigrants from outside the Western Hemisphere could enter the United States, with a maximum of 20,000 from any one country. Because of this Act, more immigrants started coming to the U.S.