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Naturalization Act
This act gave citizenship to any alien, being a free white person" who had been in the U.S. for two years. In effect, it left out indentured servants, slaves, and most women." -
California Gold Rush
The gold rush in California caused many people to race to the state, a large portion being Chinese immigrants. This has contributed to the mass settling of Chinese population. -
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This treaty ended the war between Mexico and the U.S. Mexico gave up 55 percent of its lands, including parts of present day Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, to the United States. -
Homestead Act
This act opened up western lands in the United States for settlement to citizens. The government offered free land which encouraged many immigrants to migrate into the country. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The completion of this railroad in the U.S led to many more people settling out west. This is due to the easier access of transportation. Many settlers would travel out west by horse and some cound not withstand the journey. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
This act banned new immigration from China for 10 years and became the first legislation to restrict free and open immigration into the U.S. Americans wanted to keep the population of "pure white" people and not of asian decent. -
Opening Day: Ellis Island
The first immigration station opens and on that day, 3 ships waited to land. 700 immigrants went through Ellis Island that day and it marked the beginning of he immigration boom into the U.S to create the melting pot it is today. -
World War I
World War I was very influential on the immigration patterns into the U.S. The war caused the flow of immigrants to slow down, and leaving many Americans with an attitude against certain immigrants from countries such as Germany, due to the war. -
Immigration Quota Act
This act limited annual immigraiton from any country to just 3%. This greatly contributed to drop of immigrants in this time period. -
National Origins Act of 1924
This act limited the total annual immigration to 165,000 and also fixed quoatas of immigrants from specific countries. This limited the immigration of immigrants into the U.S even further after the Immigrant Quota Act of 1921, showing that the immigration laws getting more strict causing less immigrants to enter the country. -
First U.S border patrol
An agency of the United States Department of Labor to prevent illegal entries along the Mexico–United States border and the United States-Canada border. The first Border Patrol station began operations in Detroit, Michigan in June 1924. -
The Great Depression
After the boom of immigration during the post World War I era, the Great Depression again caused people to leave the U.S and also greatly contributed to the dropping numbers of immigrants entering the U.S. This era effected the whole world, and hit the U.S badly leaving the country in great poverty. -
Bracero Program
This program brought many Mexicans from Mexico to become guest workers in the U.S. This eventually led to the Farm Labor Agreement with Mexico and spared much immigration of Mexicans into the U.S. This contributes the attitutes and stereotypes associated with Mexicans and farm labor. -
Arizona Senate Bill 1070
This law makes it illegal for non-citizens to reside in Arizona. The police now have to enforce this law and deport and illegal immigrants. and can make arrest for looking like an illegal immigrant. -
Tuscon Border Patrol Station
As of December 2014, the Tuscan Border Patrol Station is the largest one that exists. This shows the great lengths that Arizona is going to in order to keep illegal immigrants out from Mexico.
