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Immigration
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Foreign Slave Trade
Forign Slave Trade
Congress gave all slave traders nine months to close down their operations in the United States. -
Native-born American Nativists Gain Political Power
Native American's gain power
They argued that there should be a 21 year time frame of living within the United States, They also wanted a restriction of immigration and changes regarding the Immigrants in the education system. -
Irish Famine
The Irish Famine
Irish people depended on their crops to pay their land lords, but harvest crops failed and the price of food shot up, so the farmers food rotted and that was the only thing they could eat, so they had got sick, sometimes the whole village. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Chinese Exclusion Act
This Act was a 10 year time period for Chinese labor immigration. If the Chinese people had already been here and left, they could not come back. -
Statue of Liberty gifted by France
Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France for the United States, dedicated for New York Harbor.
