GCU 113- Timeline of Important Historical Events related to Immigration issues from the U.S. and Arizona
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U.S. Immigration Events
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The start of Colonial Immigration
The James River was first discovered by immigrants, which marked the start of immigration to America and Jamestown was the first successful settlement. -
Pennsylvania Enacts Oath of Allegiance for German Immigrants
This act enabled German immigrants to accept the U.S. as their home and country. -
Paine Celebrates Immigrants
Thomas Paine, a recent immigrant from England, publishes Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense which i the pamphlet that provoked the colonial population to support the radical assertion of independence from the British Empire. In Common Sense, Paine celebrates America's embrace of immigrants. -
Naturalization Act of 1795
Congress passed the Naturalization Act of 1795 which changed the period of residency required for citizenship from two years to five years. -
Irish Potato Famine
The failure of the potato crop in Ireland lead to a widespread famine. Between 1845 and 1849, more than a million Irish starve to death. At least a million more are forced to leave the country and most people went towards America. -
The Treaty of Gudalupe Hidalgo
This treaty ended the war between the United States and Mexico. The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory. It included the land that makes up all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. -
Homestead Act of 1862
Congress passed the Homestead Act. The Act granted 160 acres of free land in the West to settlers who make improvements and occupy the land for five years. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The Pacific Railroad Act chartered the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies, and tasked them with building a transcontinental railroad that would link the United States from east to west. -
Naturalization Act of 1870
Naturalization policy that governs the way foreigners may obtain U.S. citizenship. -
New California Constitution
California votes to ratify its new state constitution. Most political leaders and newspapers in the state oppose the new constitution but the help of the Workingman's Party, the constitution passes with a majority of more than 10,000 votes. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act, banning immigration from China into the United States for ten years. Chinese Exclusion marks the first systematic federal legislation to restrict free and open immigration into the United States. -
Immigration Act of 1882
Congress passed a new Immigration Act that stated a 50 cents tax would be levied on all aliens landing at United States ports. State Commission and officers were in charge of checking the passengers upon incoming vessels arriving in the U.S. The passengers were examined by a set of exclusionary criteria. Upon examination passengers who appeared to be convicts, lunatics, idiots or unable to take care of themselves were not permitted onto land. -
U.S. Border Patrol
Congress officially established the U.S. Border Patrol for the purpose of securing the borders between inspection stations. In -
Secure Fence Act
President George W. Bush signed this act to establish operational control over the international land and maritime borders of the United States. -
Arizona Immigration Law
The Arizona immigration law includes provisions that add state penalties that are related to enforcing immigration law, such as harboring or transporting illegal immigrants, trespassing, employer sanctions, human smuggling, and alien registration documents. -
9/11 Attacks
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda on the United States. This event lead to atight airport security.
