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1 million Germans arrive in the peak of German immigration.
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2 million Eastern European Jews immigrate to the United States
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Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, severely restricting immigration from China
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The Statue of Liberty is dedicated in New York Harbor.
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The Chinese Exclusion Act is renewed with no ending date.
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A restrictive immigration that required immigrants to demonstrate their ability to read and write and restricted immigration from Asia by creating an "Asiatic Barred Zone."
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The US enters the first World War
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Nationwide fear of communists, socialists, anarchists, and other dissidents grabbed the American psyche.
