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Jamestown Settlement
This event would be the reasoning behind much nationalism in the future. -
U.S. Declaration of Independence
Now that we are the United States of America, let's decide who gets to join us. -
Naturalization Act of 1790
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Naturalization Act of 1795
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Naturalization Act of 1798
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Naturalization Law of 1802
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Immigration of Northern Europeans
During this time Irish, German, and Scandinavian peoples formed the new wave of immigrants. -
Naturalization Act of 1870
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Page Act of 1875
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Immigration Act of 1882
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Immigration of Eastern and Southern Europeans
During this time Italians, Jews, and Poles were immigrating in noticeably larger numbers. -
Naturalization Act of 1906
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Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907
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Immigration Act of 1917
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Emergency Quota Act
3% from 1910, but it gets worse -
Immigration Act of 1924
Now its 2% from 1890 -
Nationality Act of 1940
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Bracero Program
We want your labor, not your citizenship -
Magnuson Act
aka Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943 -
War Brides Act
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Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
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Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
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Immigration of Asians and Latin Americans
From 1970 to the present, Asians and Latin Americans continue to be the focus of immigration, and Mexicans particularly in Arizona. -
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
Finding work is becoming increasingly more difficult for immigrants -
Immigration Act of 1990
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Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
Deportation becomes easier -
Secure Fence Act of 2006
The U.S. Mexico border becomes increasingly pronounced. -
AZ SB 1070
The Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act has come off as agressively anti-immigration. -
S. 744 Introduced
Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act is currently going through the Senate.
