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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Mexican-American War ends; U.S. gains Texas, Arizona, California, New Mexico, and parts of Utah, Nevada, and Colorado -
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US/AZ Immigration Timeline
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Homestead Act
Encouraged migrants to move westward. -
Anarchist Exclusion Act
Brought about due to President McKinley's assassination in 1901; signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt. Prevented immigrant anarchists from entering the U.S. -
Mexican Revolution
Forced first Mexican political refugees into the U.S. -
Mounted Inspectors
Type of Border Patrol in the Southwest; authorized by Congress. -
Literacy Test
Required in order to become a legal citizen in the U.S.; designed to keep out uneducated and therefore poor immigrants. -
Immigration Act
Placed no restrictions on the hemisphere; Mexican immigration increased because employers needed cheap labor. -
Labor Appropriation Act
Established the U.S. Border Patrol. -
Illegal Immigration Estimate
Approximately 1,000,000 Mexicans immigrants were in the U.S. illegally by 1927. *Day not available. -
Great Depression
Mexican immigrants blamed for economic troubles; sent back to Mexico whether citizens or not. *Day and month not accurate -
Bracero Program
Guest worker program for Mexican immigrants during World War II; ended in 1964. *Day not available. -
Operation Wetback
Forced Mexican workers out of the U.S. -
IRCA
Granted citizenship to qualifying immigrants before 1 January 1982. -
Welfare Reform & IIRIRA
Welfare Reform ended monetary/medical assistance for immigrants. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act made it more difficult to become naturalized. -
Minuteman Project
Recruited civilians to patrol U.S.-Mexico border.
