History Timeline By shelbykirkpatrick Nov 28, 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Alien.html Jan 1, 1808 Abolish African Slave Trade http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-abolishes-the-african-slave-trade Jan 24, 1848 The Gold Rush http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/goldrush.html Feb 2, 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe http://www.history.com/topics/treaty-of-guadalupe-hidalgo Jan 1, 1892 Ellis Island http://www.history.com/topics/ellis-island Sep 14, 1901 President Mckinley Assassinated http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-william-mckinley-is-shot May 19, 1921 Emergency Quota Act http://library.uwb.edu/static/USimmigration/1921_emergency_quota_law.html Nov 28, 1929 The Great Depression http://immigrationtounitedstates.org/527-great-depression.html Jun 29, 1940 Alien Registration Act http://spartacus-educational.com/USAalien.htm Dec 17, 1943 Chinese Exclusion Act Repealed https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/chinese-exclusion-act-repeal Aug 23, 1950 Internal Security Act https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/postwar-politics-and-origins-cold-war/timeline-terms/internal-security-act-1950 Nov 28, 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act http://library.uwb.edu/static/USimmigration/1965_immigration_and_nationality_act.html Mar 17, 1980 Refugee Act http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-94/pdf/STATUTE-94-Pg102.pdf Nov 6, 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act http://library.uwb.edu/static/USimmigration/1986_immigration_reform_and_control_act.html Nov 28, 1990 Immigration Act https://www.boundless.com/u-s-history/textbooks/boundless-u-s-history-textbook/the-challenges-of-globalization-and-the-coming-century-after-1989-31/america-s-emerging-culture-230/the-immigration-act-of-1990-1311-6480/