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US Immigration
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Naturalization act of 1790
In order to become a US cizten the immgrant had to have lived in the US for two years. -
Naturalization act of 1796
The Naturalization Act of 1795 repealed and replaced the the Naturalization act of 1790 the only difference with the acts is that they increased the period of required residence from two to five years in the US . -
Naturalization Act of 1798
increased the period necessary for immigrants to become naturalized citzens in the united states from 5 to 14 years . -
Naturalization Law of 1802
that directed the clerk of the court to record the entry of all "aliens" (Immigrants) into the united states -
California Gold Rush
e discovery of gold in 1848 brought a large rush of 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. -
Burlingame Treaty
established formal relations between the United States and China. The treaty permitted free migration between the two countries and guaranteed the political and religious rights of such immigrants. The United States desired free migration because it sought to maintain the flow of Chinese labor, which was necessary for the construction of the trans-continental railroads. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
The first restrictive federal immigration statute, which barred the entry of prostitutes and convicts. -
The Chinese Exclusion Acts
were the first significant laws restricting immigration into the U.S. Those on the West Coast were especially prone to attribute declining wages and economic ills on the despised Chinese workers. Although the Chinese composed only .002 percent of the nation's population, Congress passed the exclusion act to placate worker demands and assuage prevalent concerns about maintaining white "racial purity." -
Mexican revolution
begins, as a result of Mexico’s industrialization and the subsequent impoverishment of Mexico’s rural poor. The violence and turmoil resulted in large-scale migration of many Mexicans into the United States. Many sought to stay only as long as necessary to improve their economic situations and then to return to Mexico. Also, the United States government forcibly repatriated many of these immigrants when their labor was no longer necessary. -
Immigration Act of 1917
passed by Congress over President Wilson’s veto. This act, among other things, required a literacy test for immigrants and also barred all laborers from Asia.
