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Importing African Slaves
"The continuous presence of persons of African descent on soil that became the United States begins in 1619 with the arrival of twenty Africans at Jamestown, Virginia, aboard a Dutch warship from the West Indies. Their arrival was a part of the trans-Atlantic slave trade; lasting almost four centuries (1501-1873)" (Larry A. Greene). -
Servants Kidnapped from England
Boys and girls of the poorer classes were hustled on board ships and virtually sold into slavery for a term of years. Kidnaping or 'spiriting' became a fine art under Charles II. -
Englishmen in Colonial America
During the 17th century, around 175,000 Englishmen migrated to Colonial America -
German Immigrants
In the 19th century, the United States received around 5 million German immigrants. -
Foreign Slave Trade
Around 50,000 slaves were smuggled into the United States and became the first "Illegal Aliens" in the US. -
California Gold Rush
During the mid-1800s, a significant number of Asian immigrants settled in the United States. Lured by news of the California gold rush, some 25,000 Chinese had migrated there by the early 1850s. -
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Immigrant work in the U.S.
Between this time 55,00 Mexican workers began to immigrate to the Uniteded States to find work. During this time in the U.S., the institution of Mexican workers was well astablished and had several jobs that had poor working conditions as well as poor salaries. -
The Fifteenth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment is ratified, granting voting rights to citizens, regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
Chinese Exclusion Act
This was the first major law restricting immigration in the United State. This act restriced all chinese immigrats into te United States for a time period of 10 years. -
Mexico Revolt
The President of Mexico, Porfirio Diaz revolted and drove over thousands of Mexicans across the US/Mexican Border line. -
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The Great Migration
During the Great Migration more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from 1916 to 1970, had a huge impact on urban life in the United States. They were driven from their homes by unsatisfactory economic opportunities and harsh segregationist laws, many blacks headed north, where they took advantage of the need for industrial workers that first arose during the First World War. -
U.S. Border Patrol
The U.S Border Patrol was created in order to keep illegal aliens from entering the into the United States. -
Annual European Immigraion
The Immigration Act of 1924 limits annual European immigration to 2% of the number of people from that country living in the United States in 1890. The Act greatly reduces immigration from Southern and Eastern European nationalities that had only small populations in the US in 1890. -
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American Foreign-Born Population
Between 1930 and 1950, America’s foreign-born population decreased from 14.2 to 10.3 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. -
Alien Registration Act
The Alien Registration Act requires the registration and fingerprinting of all aliens in the United States over the age of 14. -
The Immigration Act of 1965
This act focused on immigrants' skills and family relationships with citizens or residents of the U.S. and allowed Americans to sponsor relatives from their countries of origin -
Secure Fence Act
"The Secure Fence Act was signed into law on October 26, 2006. The Act authorizes the construction of [700] hundreds of miles of double-layered fencing along the nation's Southern border. It also directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to take action to stop the unlawful entry of undocumented immigrants, terrorists, and contraband into the U.S. using both personnel and surveillance technology." (Amy M. Traub, MA) -
Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act
This act provides a temporary visa and legalization for victums of dommestic abuse, that aredocumented immigrants.
