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Wave of Great Britain, German, and Irish Immigration
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200000 Chinese Immigrants
Made up 20-30 percent of labor in California by 1870 - Anger caused policies like barring them from marrying Caucasian people or allowing them to go to court against a Caucasian person (racist policies being created) -
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Japanese Immigration
America creates segregated school and Roosevelt asked the Japanese Government to try to restrict immigration (Called The Gentlemen's Agreement) -
Ratification of the 14th Amendment
Citizenship is granted automatically to people who're born in the United States (not Native Americans). -
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26 million immigrants
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Southern/Eastern Europe Serge in Immigration
Italy, Austria-Hungary, Russia -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Kept Chinese workers from immigrating to the United States or allowing those already immigrated to bring their spouse -
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Four Year Upsurge in Immigration
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Opening of the Statue Of Liberty
Before this opening, there were less than sixty million people in the US. In just that year, 334000 people immigrated into the United States. -
Literacy Becomes A Requirement to Immigrate
Caused by World War I Sense of Nationalism -
Native Americans are include to become citizens
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National Origins Act
Immigration Quotas based on nationality - Ended when amount of people leaving the country begun to be larger than the amount of people who were staying / coming. -
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Know Nothing Party
Creation of party against the Irish & German immigrants because of their supposed reputation of being uneducated, lazy, and unwelcomed in America. -
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The Cold War
A lowering in immigration created a need for more. -
Displaced Persons Act
act to help 400000 people immigrate into America -
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Wave of Refugee Immigration
predominantly from Cuba and Communist nations who America "helped" to escape -
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
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Largest Refugee Wave
From Cuba after Fidel Castro comes into his power -
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
emphasis on reuniting families and bringing in skilled workers to come to America -
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Late 20th Century Laws
only 20000 people maximum immigrating from any one country and a cap of 290000 in total in one year. Less racial exclusions in the laws but still racial prejudice going on in all of the systems. -
Refugee Act of 1980
Helped flow of refugees for immigration -
The Immigration Reform & Control Act
Fees for employers of undocumented people in the United States to prevent more illegal immigration -
Urban Immigration
By 1990, more and more of the cities were populated by the newer immigrants of Italians, Polish people, Jewish People, & Greek People in groups. -
Immigration Act of 1990
It Raised the allowed amount of immigration to 675000. Also, it prioritized families who were immigrating together and people who were skilled workers to come in. -
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
Stricter handling of illegal immigration & deportation doubles -
9/11
Terrorist attack caused national security concerns to also effect immigration policies.