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65 million immigrants have entered the US (40% from 1881-1920)
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70% of immigrants came from Great Britain, Germany and Ireland
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200,000 Chinese immigrants came to the US
Largely recruited for construction of the railroad -
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Majority of Immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe (Italy, Austria-Hungary, etc.)
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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334,000 immigrants enter the US
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Literacy became a immigration requirement (overrode Wilson's veto)
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Restrictions on immigration (quotas based on country of national origin)
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National Origins Act
placed a quota on the amount of people that could come from each country -
Displaced Persons Act
admitted more than 400k refugees from WW2 -
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68% of immigrants entering the US were from Europe and Canada
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Immigration and Nationality act
attract highly skilled professionals and open more quotas for people in other countries specifically asia -
Refugee act
increased the amount of refugees allowed to the US (mainly refugees from communist countries) -
Immigration Reform and Control act
penalized employers who hired workers without proper documentation -
Immigration act of 1990
raised quota on annual admissions from 290k to 675k -
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act
strengthened immigration laws by adding penalties for undocumented immigrants who commit crimes while in the US