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Alien & Sedition Acts
These acts allow the president to deport an immigrant or forigner that is deemed dangerous. -
Mexican-American War was settled by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
With the signing of this treaty, Mexico lost a great amount of land and the U.S. gained Texas, New Mexico, California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and half of Colorado. It also forced the Mexican citizens living in those ceced states had to choose whether to become U.S. citizens or maintain their Mexican citizenship. -
Exclusion in San Francisico
Chinese student's were not allowed to attend public schools in San Francisco. Eventually there was a school built specifically for the Chinese students. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
This prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers. This was one of the most restrictive acts in regauds to immigration. -
Immigration Act
Congress passed a new Immigration Act that stated a 50 cents tax would be levied on all aliens landing at United States ports. -
Building of "Oriental" school
San Francisco builds new segregated “Oriental School” in response to a court case challenging the ban on CHINESE children in the school system -
Ellis Island Opens
Ellis Island is opened in New York Harbor. Over the next 30 years it processed about 12 million immigrants, mainly consisting of European immigrants. -
Anarchist Exclusion Act
President William McKinley is assasinated by a POLISH anarchist. This led to congress to enact the Anarchist Exclusion Act. It alows immigrants to be excluded based on their political beliefs. -
Gentlman's Agreement with China
Within this agreement the U.S. offered to stop the restriction of Japanese immigration, if they would agree to not issue passports for Japanese laborers. This means that immigration is only available to the elite citizens in China. -
Emergency Quota Act
This temporarily limited the amount of Immigrants allowed into the U.S. It placed a quota based on country of birth. -
Civil Rights Movement
This event was focused on the equality of the races. These rights included equal opportunity for the right to vote, education, housing, and employment. It also included the right to access to public facilities. -
Worldwide Immigration Ceiling is Introduced
The separate ceilings for Eastern and Western Hemispheric immigration were combined into one world-wide limit of 290,000. Later in 1980 this number will be reduced to 270,000. -
Refugee Act
This provided a permanent procedure for admition into the U.S. for refugees. It helped ther to be a more regular and procedural based system for immigration. -
Immigration Reform & Control Act
This act was signed into law in 1986. This bill allowed illegal or unauthorized aliens to apply for the opportunity to gain legal status. -
"Majority Minority" State
California became a “majority minority” state in 1999, meaning that people of color make up over half of the population. This shows the pattern of immigration and that they are settling in the southwest region.
