Chinese Immigration and African American Emigration

By AS P5 History

  • Panic of 1873

    This was an economic depression of where unemployment reached new hights and Americans became less tolerable to Chinese laborers.

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    This act prohibited Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States and denied citizenship to people of whom were born in China.

  • Geary Act

    Although the Chinese Exclusion Act officially ended after 10 years, it's effects were expanded for 10 further years.

  • Geary Act

    The Geary Act was made pernament and added restrictions requiring Chinese residents to register and obtain a certificate of residence.

  • The Great Migration Begins

    This was the mass migration of African Americans from the south to northern cities in order to seek jobs and escape oppresion. Around the time of World War II, more African Americans were moving towards western cities more than northern. During the time period over 5 million African Americans became a part of the migration with over 3 million between 1940 and 1960 alone. This specific jump in movement is due to the loss of millions of northern factory workers who left to join the military.

  • Racial Violence

    This incident killed 39 people when white rioters stormed through African American neighborhoods chasing them and emmigrants.

  • Repeal of Exclusion Acts

    Congress repealed the previous exclusions and set a limit to 105 Chineze immigrants. Furthermore foreign Chinese could gain naturalization. This allowed to those lucky enough to get into the United States as part of the 105 immigrants better conditions as they could now gain citizenship as well.

  • The Great Migration Ends

    Around the 1960s the mass migration of African Americans from the south began to decrease as demand for workers in the north decreased.

  • Immigration Act of 1965

    Congress set a limit of 170,000 immigrants from outside the Western Hemisphere with a maximum 20,000 immigrants from any single country. These laws were more fair towards immigrants but did not consider the adjusting population numbers.

  • Immigration Act of 1990

    Congress set a new flexible cap to immigration based of families, diversity, and employment. No single nation could exceed 7% of total availible visas. This made immigrations laws more fair to immigrants as they did not favor or hinder specific nations.