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US Immigration
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The start of Colonial Immigration; the English settlers arrived to America.
The James River was first discovered by immigrants, which marked the start of immigration to America. Jamestown was the first successful settlement. -
Pennsylvania Enacts Oath of Allegiance for German Immigrants
German immigrants were able to accept the United States as their new Home and country. -
The Constitution of the United States of America takes effect
Provides new laws for citizens. It never mentions the word immigrats. -
The Alien Naturalization Act is ratified.
This law limited naturalization to immigrants who were "free white persons" of "good moral character", so it didn't include American Indians, indentured servants, slaves, free blacks, and Asians. -
U.S Congress bans the importation of slavery.
After this it was illegal to bring slaves into America. -
Irish Potato Famine
Crop scarcity and the Irish Patato Famine led to major imigration to America. -
Homestead Act
US government offered free land to immigants who lived on land for 5 years. Many immigrants moved here because of this. -
The First Transcontinental Railroad is completed
The Central Pacific and Union Pacific lines meet at Promontory Summit, Utah. Many immigrant came to America to help built the transcontinental railroad. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Chinese Immigrants were no longer permited to come to the United States. -
Statue of Liberty
The French gave the Statue of Liberty as a gift to the United Stated. It symbolized freedom, which acted as a welcoming of immigration to America. -
Ellis Island
Ellis Island was the federal immigration processing station which processed over 12 million third class and steerage immigrants. -
Emergency Quota Act
This act limited immigration to three percent of the amount of immigrants entering during the years past. -
Bracero Program
The U.S. Imported thousands of of mexican loborers to work as agricultural laborers. -
Mexican Border reinforced
6,000 National Guard members were deployed to the Mexican border to assist the Border Patrol, because of President Bush. -
SB 1070 - Arizona Legislation
Act in Arizona that required all people over the age of 14 to register with the county and governement and immigrants are required to have documentation of citizenship.
