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Many know-nothings were elected to congress. Know nothings were people who wanted immigration to slow down or cease and therefore beat up and sometimes killed immigrants in an attempt to imbed fear into potential future immigrants.
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A law that limited Chinese immigration because people didn't want the immigrants taking rail road jobs that could be given to an existing citizen.
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Allowed people free land ownership if they lived on the land for five years
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A law that completely banned immigration from China
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Puerto Ricans were required to join the military for US citizenship regardless of the fact that they were a territory of the US.
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Limited the immigration per country to 3% of the previous year.
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Green card legislation
