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JHS194 Student Timeline
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Statue of Liberty is complete.
The Statue of Liberty is completed and unvailed to the public. -
Ellis island.
In 1892, to mark the Federal government's control of immigration affairs (some States had previously taken matters into their own hands), Ellis Island in Upper New York Bay became the main entry point to the US for emigrants who had left their home countries. Over the the next 62 years, until its closure in 1954, Ellis Island processed some 12 million immigrants (according to the US Bureau of Immigration). Ellis Island has been turned into a wonderful museum of immigration. -
Ellis Island opens.
Ellis Island was opened and became the nation's busiest immigration inspection station until 1954. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
From 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act prohibited Chinese immigration to the USA. The act was initially intended to last for 10 years, but was renewed in 1892 and made permanent in 1902. It was finally repealed in 1943. -
Immigration Act of 1917.
In response to the massive wave of immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe, Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1917 which required that immigrants be able to read and write in their native languages. -
Emergency Quota Act
The Emergency Quota Act restricted the number of immigrants from a given country to 3 percent of the number of people living in the U.S. from that country in 1910. See the restrictions by country: ttp://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/outsidelink.html/http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:981746 -
Immigration Act of 1924 and National Origins Act of 1929
Established a new quota system for each nationality and set a limit on the total number of immigrants to be allowed entry at all (150000 per year). The quota system that resulted from these acts served as teh basis for U.S. immigration policy for more than thirty-five years. -
Alien Act of 1940
The Alien Registration Act of 1940 requires that all immigrants in the United States over 14 years of age be registered and fingerprinted. -
Mr. Cho is born in Marilia, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Mrs. Cabrera was born in Plainview, NY.
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Ms. Moffett comes alive in Manhattan.
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Ms. Kane was born in East Islip, Long Island, NY
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Weiheng's aunt comes to live NY.
She is the first in the family to move to the USA. -
The Chens' grandparents come to NYC from Wenzhou, China.
They are the first in the family to move here. -
Michael's great grandfather was the first of the family to come to the USA.
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Zilong's uncle goes to live in Washington D.C.
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Michael's aunt Judy is the first to graduate from college.
She attended college in NYC. -
Kelly Chen, the triplets' older sister in born.
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Andres Chona was born in Barranquilla, Colombia.
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Lorenzo is born in Italy.
Italian Chinese!!!! -
Saray was born in Cali, Colombia.
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Bin Yao arrives to this world.
Happy Birthday! -
Leyi was born.
Country of origin: China. -
Jessica is born in Italy too.
Another Italian Chinese!! How cool is that! -
The Chen Triplets: Angela, Bella, and Cynthia are born.
The hospital apparently is across a bank in Flushing. -
Michael Chang was born in New York City.
Moves to Venezuela a few months after being born in NYC. Lives in Caracas for the next 11 years. -
Shouliang Wang was born in Fujian, China.
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Weiheng Jiang was born in Fujian, China.
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Zilong Wang was born in Fujian, China.
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Andy Chen gets a green card!
Andy Chen is the triplet's father. -
Andy and Kahua Chen get their marriage certificate.
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Shouliang's aunt comes to live in Flushing, NY.
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Zilongs aunt moves to California from China.
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Weiheng leaves Fujian for a new life in America.
Welcome! -
Weiheng's sister was born in NYC.
First American in the family! -
Weiheng comes to NYC.
Dad, mom, sister and Weiheng move to the USA. -
Michael's grandmother moves to NY from Venezuela.
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Zilong's parents get their first job in NYC.
Zilong goes to Washington D.C. to visit his uncle. -
Bin Yao leaves Wenzhou, China to come to NYC.
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Zilong comes to NYC.
Dad, mom, and Zilong move to the USA. -
Lorenzo and Jessica leave China to come to NYC.
Italy to China to USA. Crazy! -
Leyi Zhen moves to Whitestone,Queens.
It is a long way from Guangzhou, China. -
Kahua Chen becomes a citizen of the USA.
Kahua Chen in the triplet's mother. -
Shouliang arrives in NYC.
His first day in school was September 10, the very next day. -
Zilong's mother gets a new job.
Her second job in NYC. -
Sary sadly leaves Cali to live in NYC.
She is slowly getting used to her new American life. -
Andres moves to NYC from Colombia.
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immigration and Naturalization Act of 1964
The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965 legally allowed immigration to the United States from Southern and Eastern Europe. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson at a ceremony on Libery Island. -
Emergency Quota Act of 1921.
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/outsidelink.html/http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:981746The Emergency Quota Act restricted the number of immigrants from a given country to 3 percent of the number of people living in the U.S. from that country in 1910. See the restrictions by country:
