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Chinese Exclusion Act
Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act which denied citizenship to people born in China and prohibated the immigration of chinese laborers. This event was important to the chinese because they couldn't become an American citizen due to being outside of the US. -
The Chinese Exclution Act expires
The Chinese exclution act expires, congress then extended it for 10 years in the form of the Geary Act.This was important to the chinese because they thought they would be free to become a citizen but the congress decided to keep that from happening even longer. -
The Geary Act
In 1902 the 10 year extension was made permenant which 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 Great Migration
During World War 1 the first large movement of blacks occured, 454,000 black southerners moved north. This was important to blacks because they were moving away from the war and to better places, where they would be able to find nicer places to live. -
The Great migration
The Great Migration was a mass movement of about five million southern blacks to the north and west between 1915 and 1960. This Migration was important to blacks because they were being moved from oppessive economic conditions in the south and moved to greater conditions in the north. -
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The first large movement
Over 3,348,000 blacks left the south for northern and western cities. This was important to blacks because they were finding reliable resources and better living conditions in the northeren and western cities.