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Jan 1, 1500
First Europeans begun establishing settlements in the US.
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Pilgrims arrived in search of religious freedom
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Hundred of thousands of African slaves came to America against their will
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The First Naturalization Act
The first attempt at setting up control over immigration -
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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The first anti immigration group was born
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Over 2 million Jews entered the US
Jews from Eastern from Europe fleeing religious persecution arrived in large numbers. -
The Chinese Exclusio Act
the first signigicant federal legislation restrictig immiration -
The creation of Ellis Island
The US first federal immigration station -
The Stock Maret Crashed - The Great Depression
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the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt suspended naturalization proceedings for Italian, German, and Japanese immigrants -
The Atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima
Japanese Immigrants were forced into relocation camps away from the west coast -
Communist revolution in Cuba
hundreds of thousands of refugees from that island nation also gained admittance to the US -
Ending of the quota system.
the quota system that favored European immigrants. -
9/11 al-Qaeda attack