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Chesapeake Bay area
The first successful colony was established it was called Jamestown. There were many deaths but they did maintain steady crops of tobacco and cash crops. -
Slavery
African Americans were borught over to be used as slaves and as indentured servants. -
Naturalization Act of 1795
It restricted to U.S. citizenship to " free white persons" with a minimum residency in the United States of 5 years. A few years later it was raised to 14 years. -
California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush drawn many people from within the United States along with Latin America, Europe, Australia, and China. -
14 Amendment
African American gained citizenship in the United States -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act allowed the U.S. to limit greatly the immigration from China and was intended to last 10 years. This law was repealed on December 17, 1943. -
Ellis Island Opens
Three large ships landed on the first day and 700 immigrants passed over the docks. Most of the immigrants came from Europe. -
Emergency Quota Act
This act limited the number of immigrant to 3% of each nationality present in the U.S. -
United States Border Patrol
The border patrol was founded for the prevention of illegal drugs coming from Mexico entering the United States and Canada. -
Immigration and Naturalization Service
The INS was created to merge and establish immigration and naturalization policies. -
War Brides Act
This act allowed the natural children, non-asian spouses, adopted children of military personnel to enter the United States after WWII. -
Luce-Celler Act
The act put a quota on Filipinos and Indians at 100 were allowed to immigrate to the United States each year. -
McCarran Internal Security Act
The act was to investigate persons suspected to engaging in acts of "totalitarian dictatorship". -
Patriot Act
Amended the Immigration and Nationality Act to broaden the scope of aliens ineligible for admission or deportable due to terrorist activities -
Arizona SB 1070
Federal states the an alien over the age of 14 are required to register with Federal Goverenment and have doucments with them at all times. SB 1070 added that if they don't have their papers it is a misdemeanor.
