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First English colony in the "New Word" Jamestwon, Virginia.
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Let a person apply for citizenship if they had been living in the U.S for two years and are a"free white person".
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Act that regulated passanger ships and vessals by having a set of standards they have to follow by.
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In Ireland most people were poor and only ate potatos, in 1845 a desease called Phytopthrora commonly known a potato blight. The affect of this is about 1 million people had died and more people were migrating to the U.S.
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Everyone from all over the world migrated to California in hopes of finding gold and striking it rich. There was thousands and thousands of people from Europe who came down.
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This is known as the "Peace treaty" between the U.S and Mexico at the end of the Mexican-American war
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Stated that if you were a U.S adult citizen or an intended who have bner fought against the U,Sgoverment could claim 160acres of survived government land
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This treaty establihed a friendship between China and the United States.
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This act gave African Americans the right to the naturalization process (becoming a citizen). This act also set a system in place that controls the prosses and pentalties of the Naturalization act.
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Act that restrictions all immigration into the U.S, the act was mostly for chinese laborers.
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Ellis Island was a federal immigration station for 60 years. Located in the new york bay in the port of new york and new jersey.
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The establishment of the U.S Border Potrol put into place to help keep the quality of life of U.S citizens safe.
Examples:
help the flow of legal immigration into the United States
To prevent illegal immigration into the United States
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Was a presidental order by Franklin D. Roosevelt granting the Sectrety of war to prescribe certain areas as military zones.
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Act that gave chinese immigrants the right to become a naturalized citizen
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Ellis Island federal processing immagrents was cloed down in 1954. It is now an immigration museum.
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This act was put onto place to stregnthen immigrationn laws and how to imporve boarder patrol.
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This act was put into place to try and secure the boarder more so it is not easy to sneak in anymore.
