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Chinese Exclusion Act begins
This act was approved by President Chester A. Arthur to last 10 years. It suspended Chinese laborers from entering the US because there was a possiblity of localities changing. For the non-working Chinese individuals, they had to get certification from their government to immigrate. The Chinese who were already in the US but left still had to get certifications to come back. Citizenship was not given to Chinese people who weren't already residents of the US. -
Chinese Exclusion Act expires
The 10 year period is over, and Congress decides to increase it for another 10 years in a different act, called the Geary Act. -
Geary Act
Added after the Chinese Exclusion Act, it made all Chinese residents in the US to register and get a certificate confirming their residence. If no certificate is owned by them, they will be deported. Unliike the Chinese Exclusion Act, this had no time limit and remained in effect until the 1920s. -
1st move in the Great Migration
During the period of WWI, the North sees about 454,000 blacks from the South arrive. -
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The Great Migration
The event in history in which five million African Americans from the South all migrated to other parts of the US, like the north and west.They mostly resided in popular urban cities like Chicago, Detroit, Seattle, Los Angeles, etc. -
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2nd move in the Great Migration
An additional 800,000 blacks deport from the South. -
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3rd move in the Great Migration
In the second to last move, about 398,000 blacks move from the South. -
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Last move in the Great Migration
Finally, more than an overwhelming amount of 3,348,000 blacks say goodbye to the South and move to the Northern and Western cities over this period of 20 years. -
Exclusion Acts removed
Congress decided to remove all exclusive acts and only limit the number of Chinese people (105) coming into the US each year. Those born in China had the right to become US citizens. -
Immigration Act of 1965
Congress decides to pass this act. It limited the number of immigrants entering the US from the Western Hemisphere. Only a total of 170,000 immigrants could enter US boundaries, and 20,000 immigrants was the maximum from a country.
*The act was effective on July 1, 1968. -
Immigration Act of 1965 is in effect
Restrictions on the number of immigrants overall and the amount from each country are in effect. They were only admitted depending on skills and need for political asylum or shelter. -
Immigration Act of 1990 begins
The act made sure that family-based, employment-based and diversity immigrant visas (passports) granting permission to enter other country's bounds should not be higher than 7% of the total.