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Chinese Exclusion Act
In the spring of 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur. This act provided an absolute 10-year moratorium on Chinese labor immigration. The 1882 exclusion act also placed new requirements on Chinese who had already entered the country. If they left the United States, they had to obtain certifications to re-enter. -
Exclusion Act expires
The Chinese Exclusion Act expired in 1892 so, congress extended it for 10 years in the form of the Geary Act. -
Chinese Exclusion Act made permanant
By 1902 the Chinese Exclusion Act was permanant. This added restrictions by requiring each Chinese resident to register and obtain a certificate of residence. Without a certificate, she or he faced deportation. -
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The Start of the African American Migration
The Great Migration was the mass movement of about five million southern blacks to the north and west between 1915 and 1960. -
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The Geary Act (chinese)
The Geary Act regulated Chinese immigration until the 1920s. With increased postwar immigration, Congress adopted new means for regulation: quotas and requirements pertaining to national origin. By this time, anti-Chinese agitation had quieted -
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African American Migration
Between 1940 and 1960 over 3,348,000 blacks left the south for northern and western cities. -
Congress repealed all the exclusion acts (chinese)
In 1943 Congress repealed all the exclusion acts, leaving a yearly limit of 105 Chinese and gave foreign-born Chinese the right to seek naturalization. The so-called national origin system, with various modifications, lasted until Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1965. -
Immigration Act (chinese)
Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1965. -
Immigration Act Effective (chinese)
Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1965. Effective July 1, 1968, a limit of 170,000 immigrants from outside the Western Hemisphere could enter the United States, with a maximum of 20,000 from any one country. -
Immigration Act (chinese)
The Immigration Act of 1990 provided the most comprehensive change in legal immigration since 1965. The act established a “flexible” worldwide cap on family-based, employment-based, and diversity immigrant visas. The act further provides that visas for any single foreign state in these categories may not exceed 7 percent of the total available.