Immigration

By katherinerippere

  • Irish Potato Famine

    The potato famine in Ireland causes 1.5 million Irish people to America. Because of their Catholosism they are discriminated against.

  • California Gold Rush

    The gold rush influences immigration from China, and Eastern Americans. The Foreign Miners' Tax is imposed, but focuses mostly on the Chinese.

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    The Chinese Exclusion act prohibits any Chinese who do not already have family in America from immigrating here.

  • Anarchist Exclusion Act

    After President McKinley is assasinated by a Polish man, the Anarchist Exclusion Act is put into place which can bar people from entering the U.S. based on their political beliefs.

  • California's Alien Land Law

    This law prohibits noncitizens from owning land. This law provides the model for other states to follow.

  • Literacy Tests

    In order to enter into the United States, an immigrant must be able to read 40 words in a certain language, and prohibits immigration from Asia (excluding the Phillipines and Japan).

  • Quota Act

    This act limits annual European immigration to 3% of population already present in the United States.

  • Quota Act Part 2

    This act further limits the percent of European immigrants to 2%.

  • Oriental Exclusion Act

    This act prohibits most immigration from Asia including wives and children of US citizens of Asian ancestry.

  • Immigration Ceiling

    The annual immigration ceiling of 150,000 is made permanent. 70% of the 150,000 is made for immigrants from Northern and Western Europe, and 30% for Southern and Eastern Europe. There is still no immiration from Asia allowed at all.

  • Deportation of Mexicans

    Many Mexicans, almost 500,000 were sent back to Mexico regardless of their citizenship status during the Great Depression era.

  • Immigration Policies Change due to War

    Because of WWII, Philipinos are now reconsidered to be US citizens so they can be involved in the draft. Japanese internment camps evacuate 112,000 Japanese into 10 camps.

  • Worldwide Immigration Ceiling

    The ceiling is set at 290,000 for Eastern and Western hemispheres.

  • Immiration Reform and Control Act

    The goal of this act was to make it difficult for undocumented people to find work.

  • Immigration Act of 1990

    This act increases amount of annual immigrants to 700,000. 10,000 permanent visas are offered to immigrants who can invest 1 mil to urban areas and 500,000 to rural areas.