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Chinese Exclusion Act
Denied citizenship to people born in china and prohibited the immigration of Chinese Laborers. -
Geary Act
Congress extends Chinese Exclusion Act. This extension, made permanent in 1902, added restrictions by requiring each Chinese resident to register and obtain a certificate of residence. Without a certificate, she or he faced deportation. -
Immigration Restriction League
Impose Literacy test on all immigrants. Congress pased this but President Grover Clevland vetoed it. -
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The Great Migration
The Great Migration, or the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West. The first wave of immigrants moved to major northern cities such as Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and New York. By World War II the migrants continued to move North but many of them headed west to Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. -
Immigration Act of 1965
Effective July 1, 1968, a limit of 170,000 immigrants from outside the Western Hemisphere could enter the United States, with a maximum of 20,000 from any one country. Skill and the need for political asylum determined admission. -
The Immigration Act of 1990
The act established a “flexible” worldwide cap on family-based, employment-based, and diversity immigrant visas. The act further provides that visas for any single foreign state in these categories may not exceed 7 percent of the total available.