mikey hoffman immigration 1800's-2000's timeline

  • U.S. Government bands the importation of slaves

    U.S. Government bands the importation of slaves
    Did not allow more slaves to come in the united states.
  • The Irish Potato Famine

    The Irish Potato Famine
    Potatos are bad and not enough food so Irish immigrants move in big groups to America.
  • Election of 1854

    Election of 1854
    off term election year for congress people (the Know nothing political party)
  • Anti Coolie Act

    Anti Coolie Act
    Limit Immigration by chinise
  • Homestead act

    Homestead act
    Provided people with homes
  • Start building the Continental Rail road

    Start building the Continental Rail road
    In the West Chinise labor was on the Rail Raod and in the East the Irish labor was done and they met in the middle of the U.S.
  • Chinise exclusion act

    Chinise exclusion act
    to not let the chinise to come into America for 10 years
  • Immigration act of 1882

    levis a charge of 50 cents per perason coming into America
  • Statue of Liberity is dedicated

    Statue of Liberity is dedicated
    Gift from France to represent freedom
  • Anarchist Exclussion Act

    After the assination of McKinnly
  • Ex-Patriation act

    Ex-Patriation act
    says all women if you marry a forginer you will lose your U.S. citizenship
  • Immigration act of 1917

    Immigration act of 1917
    you had to be able to read to get in
  • Alien regerstration act

    Alien regerstration act
    have to have a grren card to be regestered
  • Arizona Immigration Law

    Arizona Immigration Law
    Arizona's law orders immigrants to carry their alien registration documents at all times and requires police to question people if there's reason to suspect they're in the United States illegally.