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Beginning of Colonial Immigration; English Settlers Arrive in America
the people from Europe Traveled to Ameirca and proceeded Created the thirteen colonies http://immigrationinamerica.org/548-history-of-immigration-1620-1783.html -
Naturalization Act
Any free white person could recieve citizenship providing they had renounced their allegiance to their previous state/sovereignty by name, lived in the United States for two years at least, behave as a man of good moral character, and renounced any title they possessed in the previous states. http://library.uwb.edu/guides/usimmigration/1790_naturalization_act.html -
Alien and Sedition Acts
Sam Adams signed and required 14 years of residency before citizenship to try to find and deportation of "dangerous" aliens. This was quickly changed to five-year residency after two years. http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Alien.html -
Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves
the banned of slavery for profit into Ameica that was Signed by Thomas Jefferson http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/act-to-prohibit-the-importation-of-slaves/ -
The Steerage Act
First real significant federal legislation on immigration. This people report and document immigration. Also this was the start to requirements to travel to America. http://www.sunnycv.com/steve/ar/immig/steerage.html -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
this was the end of the Mexican- American war and gave more then 80,000 poeple in Arizona,Texas, and Califoria Ctizenship
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The California Gold Rush
The discovery of gold in 1848 brought immigrants from around the globe. One of the largest groups to arrive in California was the Chinese. 20,000 Chinese miners arrived in California in 1852 alone.
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The 15th Amendment
the 15th Amendment was passed giving poeple the right to vote reguardless the " race, color, or previous condition of servitude." http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fifteenth-amendmenthttp://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fifteenth-amendment -
Border Patrol
the Border patrol was created to stop Immigrants and illegal smuggling from crossing to the United States http://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders/overview -
Alien Registration Act/Smith Act
Any over the age of fourteen must get registration and fingerprinting entering the United States. http://spartacus-educational.com/USAalien.htm -
The Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement was a struggle by African Americans In the mid-1950s to late 1960s to achieve Civil Rights equal to those of whites, including equal opportunity in employment, housing, and education, as well as the right to vote, the right of equal access to public facilities, and the right to be free of racial discrimination. -
USA Patriot Act
Due to all the Terrorist activity, America created this act to allow “broaden the scope of aliens ineligible for admission or deportable due to terrorist activities” meaning that they could deport anyone they felt didn’t belong here. http://www.fincen.gov/statutes_regs/patriot/ -
Controversial Arizona Bill (SB 1070) Signed into Law,
this allowed officers to ask for paper work from anyone. "the show me your papers act" signed by Jan Brewer From Arizona http://www.ncsl.org/research/immigration/analysis-of-arizonas-immigration-law.aspx -
Dream Act
The Dream Act allowed millions of undocumented immigrants a chance to further their education and work in America. This is also supposed to be a faster way to gain citizenship in America.
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Rejection of ARIZONA'S SB 1070
the U.S Supreme court rejects the "Show me your Papers" Law
https://www.aclu.org/feature/arizonas-sb-1070
