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Immigration Info1808 importing slaves outlawed
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<a href=http://www.grottocom.com/valuing/timeline.html' >Immigration Info</a>1850 's 40,000+ Asians (mostly Chinese) come to California, mostly for railroad work
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Immigration Info1864 Congress passes law allowing companies to pay transportation of new immigrant workers (costs then taken from wages)
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Ellis Island Immigration In 1892, the federal government opened a new immigration processing center on Ellis Island in New York harbor.
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Immigration Info1890 - 1914 4 million Italians come to U.S
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Quota Act ImmigrationThe first quota Act was passed in 1921, Quota Act of 1921
It was made to limit the amount of immigrants comming into America.
