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Chinese come to California
<a href=http://www.grottocom.com/valuing/timeline.html' >Immigration Info</a>1850 's 40,000+ Asians (mostly Chinese) come to California, mostly for railroad work -
Transportation of Immigrant workers allowed
Immigration Info1864 Congress passes law allowing companies to pay transportation of new immigrant workers (costs then taken from wages) -
Ellis Island Processing Center
Ellis Island Immigration In 1892, the federal government opened a new immigration processing center on Ellis Island in New York harbor. -
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1st Quota Act
Quota Act ImmigrationThe first quota Act was passed in 1921, Quota Act of 1921
It was made to limit the amount of immigrants comming into America.