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The Declaration of Independance
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Dred-Scott Decision
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The Oregon Trail 1840-1850
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Compromise of 1850
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Immigrants Arriving 1851-1860
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act
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The Civil War ended
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Transcontinental Railroad Started
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Chinese help with the railroad 1866-1869
The Chinese help with the Transcontinental Railroad. -
Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental Railroad came together at Promontory. -
Immigrants Arriving 1881-1890
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Immigrants Arriving 1881-1890
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Jews Arriving 1881-1924
2.4 million Jews came to the US from Russia and other countries in Eastern Europe to flee the Jewish Persecution. Assassins had killed the Russian Monarch in 1881 and nervous goverment leaders blamed it on the Jews so they started killing them. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act which banned Chinese laborers from coming to the US -
Immigrants Arriving
Most were coming from countries in Southern ad Eastern Europe, such as Italy, Greece, Russia, and Poland. Others cae from China, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines. Some others crossed the borders from Canada and Mexico. -
Transcontinental Railroad Tracks
By 1900, The Transcontinental Raildrosd had 170,000 miles of track. -
Immigrants Arriving 1901-1910
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Immigrants Arriving 1901-1910
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Earthquake struck
Earthquake struck so many Chinese could pass for native-born citizens so the could bring their families. -
Japanese Immigration Forbidden
Japanese immigrants were forbidden entry to the US -
Mexican Immigrants 1910-1920
Many Mexicans came to the US during the Mexican Revolution. -
Congress Requirements for Immigrants
Congress required immigrants to prove they could read and write in at least one language before they were allowed into the US -
Immigrants Arriving 1921-1930
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Immigration Limit
Only 150,000 immigrants were allowed to enter the US each year. People from East Asia were completely excluded. -
Immigrants Arriving 1991-2000
from Africa, Oceania, and others -
Immigrants Arriving 1991-2000
from Asia and Latin America