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Immigration
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The Homestead Act
Authorized Congress to grant 160 acres of public land to a western settler who had to live on the land for rive years to establish title -
Congress Stimulates Immigration
Congress enacts legislation to help stimulate immigration by authorizing employers to pay for the passage of prospective immigrants, This legislation is repealed in 1868. -
Unrestricted Immigration for Chinese
The Burlingame Treaty is ratified. The treaty pledges to China the right of unrestricted immigration of Chinese citizens to the United States. -
Japanses begin to migrate to America
Japanese begin to migrate to the United States. The first arrive in California as political refugees. Racial tensions grow between Asians and other Californians -
Naturalization Act
The Naturalization Act is passed, limiting American citizenship to "white persons and persons of African descent," thereby discriminating against Asian immigrants. -
German Immigration
After the Revolution of the German States, Gernans fled to America. Cities we largely favored by the Germans, and by 1900 most of the population in those cities was around 40% German-Americans. The totaly number of immigration of people from Germany was 1,452,972. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Congress subsequently acted quickly to implement the suspension of Chinese immigration. The ban was intended to last only ten years, but was repealed in 1943 by the Magnuson Act -
Ellis Island
In the 35 years that Ellis Island was open, approximately 8 million immigrants had arrived and been processed in the New York Harbor. It was a major gateway from people in Europe to come into the United States, and people did not pass up the opportunity. Althought it was very successful in getting people into America, it closed in 1954 and became a landfil.
