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The Chinese exclution
In the spring of 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur. Congress extended it for 10 years in the form of the Geary Act. -
African American Emmigration
The northern demand for workers was a result of the loss of 5 million men who left to serve in the armed forces, as well as the restriction of foreign immigration. Some sectors of the economy were so desperate for workers at this time that they would pay for blacks to migrate north. The Pennsylvania Railroad needed workers so badly that it paid the travel expenses of 12,000 blacks. -
Chinese immigration
the chinese were treated poorly and they were always moving around the world to find better places -
United States Immigration
between the years of 1860 and 1870 the number of immigration grew to a high number of 3,000. Between the years of 1870 and 1880 the number of immigration grew to a high number of 5,000 people Between the years of 1880amd 1890 he number of immigration decreased to a lower number of 450,000 people Between the years of 1890 and 1900 the number of immigration decresed to a number of aproxamently 430,000 people -
African American Emmigration
In additional to migrating for job opportunities, blacks also moved north in order to escape the oppressive conditions of the south. Some of the main social factors for migration included lynching, an unfair legal system, inequality in education, and denial of suffrage. -
Chinese exclution
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. In 1943 Congress repealed all the exclusion acts, leaving a yearly limit of 105 Chinese and gave foreign-born Chinese the right to seek naturalization.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 Immi -
Immigration Act
there were many new and old immagrants and they would move all around the world to find new places to stay and it would let the people move freely -
African American Emmigration
In the 1920s, another 800,000 blacks left the south, followed by 398,000 blacks in the 1930s. Between 1940 and 1960 over 3,348,000 blacks left the south for northern and western cities.
The economic motivations for migration were a combination of the desire to escape oppressive economic conditions in the south and the promise of greater prosperity in the north. - See more at: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/great-migration-1915-1960#sthash.uBCjmqJb.dpuf