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Importation of Slaves Banned
The importation of slaves is banned in the United States. -
Irish Potato Famine
The potato famine in Ireland caused a shortage of food and an increase in the immigration of Irish people to America. -
Elections of 1854
During the congress elections of 1854, many people from the Knownothing party were elected. They supported the idea of restricting immigration. -
Anti-Coolie Act
This act was to limit immigration by Chinese railroad workers. -
Homestead Act
The Homestead Act provided for places of residence for the poor and the immigrants. One had to move to a piece of land, live there for five years and improve it. The land was free or very cheap. It brought a whole new wave of immigrants to the United States. -
The Building of the Transcontinental Railroad
The transcontinental railroad was built mostly by Chinese and Irish immigrants. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
This act made it so no Chinese immigrants were allowed to enter America. It was enforced for ten years. -
Immigration Act of 1882
This act made immigrants pay fifty cents per person. Several groups were deemed inelegible and no lunitics were allowed into the country. -
Statue of Liberty is Dedicated
The Statue of Liberty is finished and unvailed to the public. -
Anarchist Exclusion Act
Immigrants that the workers at Angel and Ellis Island deemed anarchists were stopped and sent back to their country. -
Expatriation Act
All American women that married immigrants lost their citizenship to help prevent immigrants becoming citizens. -
Immigration Act of 1917
This act added the literary requirement to immigrate into the United States. -
Jones-Shafroth Act
People in the United States territory of Puerto Rico who wanted to be citizens had to join the militarty. -
Emergency Quota Act
This act limited immigration to three percent of what it was during 1920. -
Alien Registration Act
People recognize this act as the green card legislation. -
McCarran-Walter Act
This created a preference system for immigrants. It gave the priority to those with family members already in America and to those with specific skill, such as scientists. -
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
This added new restrictions on immigration from Mexico. -
Immigration and Reform Control Act
This made it illegal to hire an illegal alien in the United States. -
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act
This strengthened border enforcement. It also stated that if someone wasn't a citizen, then they didn't recieve benefits. -
U.S.A. PATRIOT Act
Due to 9/11, restrictions were added on immigration fromeverywhere. It created a Department of Homeland Security adn increased border control. It also made it a requirment to have one's passport machine readable. -
REAL ID Act
This rquires standardized ID cards or state driver's liscences for citizen identification. -
Arizona Immigration Law
This criminalizes being and illegal alien in Arizona, and makes it so the Arizona police force is responsible for enforcing this law.
