Immigration Policy

By tylercusumano7

  • U.S is Independent

  • First Kept Records of Immigration

    More than 65 million immigrants entered the U.S
  • Period: to

    Great Britain,Germany,and Ireland Immigrated

    70% of Immigrants to the U.S. came from these places

  • The "Know-Nothing Party" emerged

    First organized opposition to open immigration
  • Period: to

    200,000 Chinese came to U.S.

    They were brought over to help for the transcontinental railroad.
  • Period: to

    Majority of Newcomers came from Southern and Eastern Europe

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Prohibited Chinese Workers From Entering The U.S.

  • National Orgins Act

    Created immigration quotas on the basis of national origin, 2% of its proportion in the U.S. population in 1890.
  • Period: to

    Immigration fell to the lowest ever

    Due to National Origins Act

  • Immigration & NatiionalistAct

    from Quota to Preference System

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