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Importation of Slaves Banned
This act made it illegal to trade slaves. http://www.milestonedocuments.com/documents/view/act-to-prohibit-the-importation-of-slaves -
Irish Potato Famine
The potato famine in Ireland caused a shortage of food and an increase in the immigration of Irish people to America. http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/famine/america.htm -
Homestead Act
The Homestead Act provided places of residence for the poor and the immigrants. One had to move to a piece of land, live there for five years and improve it. The land was free or very cheap. It brought a whole new wave of immigrants to the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_Act -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first major law restricting immigration to the United States. It closed Chinese immigration for ten years and prohibited Chinese from becoming US citizens. http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/exclusion.html -
Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty is finished and unvailed to the public symbolizing freedom throughout the world. http://statueofliberty.org/Statue_History.html -
Immigration and Reform Control Act
This made it illegal to hire an illegal alien in the United States. If you hired an illegal alien you would be penalized. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Reform_and_Control_Act_of_1986
