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This act made it illegal to trade slaves. http://www.milestonedocuments.com/documents/view/act-to-prohibit-the-importation-of-slaves
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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
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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
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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
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The Statue of Liberty is finished and unvailed to the public symbolizing freedom throughout the world. http://statueofliberty.org/Statue_History.html
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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
