Important Historical Events Related to Immigration from U.S.and Arizona History

By schurley5639
  • Colonial immigration

    Colonial immigration

    There is a river called James river that was used by immigrants. Them using the river was the strart of Immigration
  • Massachusetts requires permissin for host aliens

    Massachusetts requires permissin for host aliens

    Massachusetts says that nobody an host an unknown person or alien in their houses without getting permission first
  • Pennslyvania enacts Oath of Allegiance for German Immigrants

    Pennslyvania enacts Oath of Allegiance for German Immigrants

    Germans begin to ccept the United states as their home and their country
  • First Alien Naturalization Act Enacted by the Newly Created US Government

    First Alien Naturalization Act Enacted by the Newly Created US Government

    This act said that only the "free white persons" were naturalized. This did not includeAmerican Indians, Slaves, Free Blacks or Asians.
  • Reduces requiremnets for the Naturalization Act

    Reduces requiremnets for the Naturalization Act

    The previous requiremnet to be a Citizen was to have lived in the states for two years before applying for citizenship. They lowered it to five years.
  • Foreign slave trade become illegal

    Foreign slave trade become illegal

    Foriegn slave trade becomes illegal so the 50,000 slaves that were already here became the first illegal aliens in the United states.
  • Treaty of Guadalupe

    Treaty of Guadalupe

    The treaty of Guadalupe ended the Mexican-American war, Letting the United States acquire Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, California and parts of Utah and Nevada
  • Attempt of immigration control

    Attempt of immigration control

    A commissioner of immigration is appointed there are immigrant labor contracts made
  • Broadway play called the melting pot opens

    Broadway play called the melting pot opens

    The broadway play opens and it ends up becoming a metaphor for the US
  • Mexico revolution drives a lot of mexicans across the border

    Mexico revolution drives a lot of mexicans across the border

    The war ending caused all of the mexicans to go north across the border into the United States
  • Immigration act of 1917

    Immigration act of 1917

    This act denied entry to immigrants from East Asia and Pacific Islands
  • Asian Indians don't qualify for naturalization

    Asian Indians don't qualify for naturalization

    The supreme court decided that Asian Indians don't Qualify for naturalization because they are not white
  • Border patrol

    Border patrol

    Border patrol is established. It was established to protect the border between inspection stations
  • Roosevelt Sends Japanese Americans to camps

    Roosevelt Sends Japanese Americans to camps

    Franklin Roosevelt sends thousands of Japanese Americans to Internment Camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor
  • Attack on the World Trade Center

    Attack on the World Trade Center

    The attack prompted the US department of Defense to put more military support at the borders and also put more caution on the airport security
  • Arizona Bill

    Arizona Bill

    This bill that passed in Arizona expanded the authority to fight against illegal immigration