Immigration By Monique Dabalos Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Jan 1, 1880 10 Million Immigrants come to the United States Jan 1, 1873 American Workers Oppose Chinese Laborers Jan 1, 1882 Opening of Ellis Island for Euorpean Immigrants Jan 1, 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act Jan 1, 1900 Euorpean Immigrants Arrive to U.S. Shores 60% of people living in the nation's 12 largest cities were foregnborn or had foreign-born parents Jan 1, 1902 Geary Act Made Permanent Period: Jan 1, 1915 to Jan 1, 1960 five million southern blacks move to the north and west Jan 1, 1920 800,000 blacks left the south Jan 1, 1930 More blacks leave the South Period: Jan 1, 1940 to Jan 1, 1960 over 3,348,000 blacks leave the south for northern and western cities Jan 1, 1943 Congress repeals all exclusion acts Jan 1, 1965 Congress passed the Immigration Act