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Irish Immigrant Wave
The War of 1812 re-established peace between the United States and Britain. By 1815 Immigration from Western Europe escalated exponentially, shifting the demographics of the United States. -
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
"Dred Scott, who had been held as a slave, sued the executor of his former master’s estate under the state-citizenship diversity jurisdiction of the federal courts, seeking a determination that he had become free because his master had voluntarily taken him into free territory." -
Abraham Lincoln
Republican party (Abraham Lincoln) won control of the White House -
Civil Rights Act
"Declared that all persons born or naturalized in the United States were citizens of the United States and the state in which they lived, thereby affirming a rule of citizenship by birth that did not depend on race." -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the country. -
Ellis Island
Largest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States. -
Gentlemens Agreement
An agreement between the United States and Japan -
Immigration Act
The United States enforced the Immigration Act of 1924 to limit the yearly number of immigrants coming into the states. This new quota system granted 2% of each nationality visas.