3.04 Timeline-Immigration in the United States

By CodyMa
  • The United States Constitution

    The United States Constitution

    The constitution was amend to protect peoples rights, to make voting and selecting ne people for the bord easier.
  • The Chinese Exclusion Act

    The Chinese Exclusion Act

    The first major U.S. law to prevent an entire ethnic group from entering the country, also making it hard on Chinese laborers in the U.S. to reenter or get citizenship.
  • Immigration Act of 1891

    Immigration Act of 1891

    The Immigration Act of 1891 centralized federal control over immigration, establishing the office of the superintendent of immigration to oversee inspections and creating a list of excludable individuals, such as those with certain diseases or convicted of moral crimes.
  • The Immigration Act of 1917

    The Immigration Act of 1917

    The Immigration act of 1917 was a landmark U.S. law that restricted immigration by creating an "Asiatic Barred Zone" from the middle east to southeast Asia, implementing a mandatory literacy test for immigrants, and expanding the list of excludable individuals based on health, disability or financial status.
  • Immigration Act of 1924

    Immigration Act of 1924

    The Immigration Act of 1924 was a U.S. federal law that established a national origins quota system to significantly limit immigration by allocating visas based on the 1890 census, effectively favoring immigrants from Norther and Western Europe. It also excluded immigrants from Asia and was a major legislative step to preserve the ideal racial composition of the country.
  • The Immigration and nationality act of 1952

    The Immigration and nationality act of 1952

    The immigration and nationality act of 1952 was a significant overhaul of U.S. immigration law that maintained the national origins quota system by ending racial exclusion, introduced preferences for skilled and family-based immigrations, and heightened cold war-era security restrictions.
  • Immigration act of 2005

    Immigration act of 2005

    The Immigration Act of 2005 was to not allow undocumented immigrants into the states, and required immigrants to have illegal records, terrorism watches and fraudulent watches documented.
  • Immigration Act of 2025

    Immigration Act of 2025

    When the new president of 2025 hit the house he began having large scale illegal immigrant removal and borders heavily watched and regulated, hoping to cut back the drug crisis in America.