History Class

By jacobmetivier
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    English and Western European Immigration

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    Germany, UK, Ireland, Canada, Italy

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    200,000 Chinese come to the US

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

  • 334,000 immigrants arrive

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    Italy, Austria/Hungary, SU, Canada, UK

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    Canada, Germany, Italy, Mexico, UK

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    1924 Nation Origins Act

  • Great Depression

  • Displaced Persons Act

  • 700,000 Cubans come to the US

    After a revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power they immigrated to the US
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    Mexico, Canada, Cuba, Philippines, UK

  • Immigration and Nationality Act

  • The Refugee Act

    400,000 refugees arrived from Southeast Asia between 1975 and 1980
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    Mexico, Philippines, China, India, DR

  • Immigration Reform and Control Act

    It imposed penalties on employers who knowingly hired illegal aliens

  • Immigration Act

    This act raised the annual admissions from 290,000 to 675,000 immigrants

  • The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act

    reduced overall annual immigration to 535,000

  • 1 million immigrants arrive (legal and illegal)