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Immigration

By emriehawes
  • Founded Jamestown

    Founded Jamestown

  • 20 slaves arrived in North America

    20 slaves arrived in North America

  • Mayflower sails from Plymouth

    Mayflower sails from Plymouth

  • The Treaty of Hopewell is signed

    The Treaty of Hopewell is signed

    Its signed between the United States of America and the Chickasaw Nation
  • Fed gov requires 2 years of Resistance before becoming a citizen

    Fed gov requires 2 years of Resistance before becoming a citizen

  • Alien and Sedition Acts are signed off on

    Alien and Sedition Acts are signed off on

  • Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves comes to effect

    Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves comes to effect

  • Texas entered the United States as a slave state

    Texas entered the United States as a slave state

    , Texas entered the United States as a slave state, broadening the irrepressible differences in the United States over the issue of slavery and setting off the Mexican-American War.
  • Chinese immigrants continued to come to America

    Chinese immigrants continued to come to America

  • Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional for states to regulate immigration and to tax incoming passengers

    Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional for states to regulate immigration and to tax incoming passengers

  • 20 million immigrants came to US

    20 million immigrants came to US

  • Italy, Poland, and Russia immigrants come to US

    Italy, Poland, and Russia immigrants come to US

  • The Immigration Act of 1917

    The Immigration Act of 1917

    Restricted the immigration of 'undesirables' from other countries, including "idiots, imbeciles, epileptics, alcoholics, poor, criminals, beggars, any person suffering attacks of insanity
  • The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota

    The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota

  • The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965

    The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965