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Establishing a New World
The first event to have effected immigration of the United States would be when the "first settlers" came to the New World from England, in order to colonize the land. These people came on the Mayflower (see image) in 1620. The first place they were to settle is known as Plymouth by English Seperatists or PIlgrims. -
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Slavery in the New World
Within the New World, people brought slaves (mostly from Africa) to work the fields and do what slaves do. This was one of the first massive immigrations to the land. The forefathers and founding fathers were initially the first immigrants to the United States and initiated further immigration by bringing slaves. -
Major Immigration to U.S. by Irish and Scottish throughout all of 1700s
There have been several accounts that say that during the 1700s a rise in Irish and Scottish settlers had occurred. Much of the land on the East side of the United States had not been settled, but because man wanted as much land as they could have and the land was becoming exteremly populated, many thought that regulations should be made, or men should have to sign to serve the land. -
Naturalization
The Naturalization Act of 1795 occured, allowing FREE, WHITE persons to be documented and considered a citizen, after lving in the new Land for 5 years. -
The War of 1812
The War of 1812 resulted in a push to the West. White settlers began to look for more land to the west and began to settle more and more states, while pushing Native Americans to smaller and smaller land jurisdictions and/or killing them with diseases or taking control of crops, animals and turning to slavery or violence. -
Rise of the Asian Immigrants
The Gold Rush sparked much interest in people from Asia, thus a large spike in immigration to the West coast spiked heavily. This spike allowed for more workers on settling the west and building means of transportation for little to no pay. -
Ellis Island 1892 to 1954
After laws stated that states could choose theie own immigration policies, federal law decided that all immigrants would come through a place known as Ellis Island. Over 12 million immigrants came through Ellis Island from the day it opened to the day it closed. Ellis Island was a way of keeping track of who and what countries people were coming from. -
WWI (1914-1918)
A decrease of immigration to the United States due to the war. After war, an act was passed saying that only 2% of each nationality was allowed in the country, a quota that meant no more people of the Asian descent was allowed to immigrate. -
Communist Revolution of 1959
As communism began to become more and more prevelant in Cuba and transportation/immigration was more attainable due to technology and travelling advances, the number of Cuban refugees rose. The law that Cubans would be turned away once they touched American soil was implemented, thus many Cubans were brought to the country. -
Oct. 03, 1965--Lyndon B. Johnson
1965 was a big year for immigrants. President Lyndon B Johnson signed the Hart-Celler Bill stating that the quota act put into place after WWI was lifted and there was no limit to the number/percentage of people of a certain nationality. -
Refugee Act
Allowed for refugees of war to stay in America without any pressure to leave by government. This lowered the number of people considered as immigrants. -
1990 Immigration Act (IMMACT)
The 1990 Immigration Act was just an update of the already implemented 1965 Immigration Act. This act raised the visa quota and changed the flow of immigrants by widening the spand to "underrepresented' countries. -
First Black President
A shock to America's traditional culture, the presidency changed the view of what America is and was. -
9/11
In a short summary, September 11th in 2001, was a big year that influenced many of the policies we have against foreigners and those who are not "true Americans". Even though this may not have been the beginning of distrust in people who immigrate. -
DREAM Act
Allowed those who had a high school diploma, or in high school (from United States School) to recieve immediate action for citizenship. Allows younger children to recieve immediate action of citizenship once they enter high school, if act is still in place. Act also allows for those 15 to 30, living in the U.S. without a diploma to recieve GED and recieve immediate action, thus after. This was adopted during Obama's presidency.
