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US Immigration
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Natrualization Act of 1790
In order to become a US citizen the immigrant had to lived in the US for two years. -
Naturalization Act of 1870
is a federal law which extended the naturalization for African Americans and those of African descent. -
page act of 1875
is the first act restricting immigration -
chinese exclusion act
was the ban of chinese immigration which lasted 10 years. -
Geary act of 1892
was made to strengthened the Chinese exclusion act. -
immigration act of 1903
was a law of the US which helped regulate immigration. -
Naturalization act of 1906
was a law that stated that immigrants had to learn English in order to become naturalized citizens. -
immigration act of 1907
was a series of reforms that restricted the number of immigrants coming to the US before and after WWI. -
immigration act of 1917
it was a law that barred all immigrants that were over the age of sixteen and illiterate. -
immigration act of 1918
was an act to help strengthen the Anarchist Exclusion Act. -
emergancy quota
was created to restrict the immigration into the United States. -
immigration act of 1924
was a federal law that was created to limit the number of immigrants that were allowed to be admitted from any country to america -
nationality act of 1940
stated who was not eligible for citizenship and how the citizenship can be lost or terminated. -
maguson act/ chinese exclusion repeal act of 1943
which allowed the Chinese to immigrate for the first time since the Chinese exclusion act of 1882. -
Immigration and nationality act of 1952
restricted immigration again in the us -
the immigration and nationaility act of 1965
the act that abolished the National Origins formula . -
The cuban refugee adjustment act
was a a public law which applies to any native or citizen of cuba who has been inspected and admitted. -
Immigration reform and control act of 1986
which required employes to see what is their employees immigration status, it was illegal for employer to knowingly hire or recruit any illegal immigrants. -
Immigration act of 1990
was an act which increased the limits on legal immigration to the U.S. -
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
vastly changed the immigration laws.
