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Old Immigrants
More than 10 immigrants came to the United States. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln signed the proclomation that proclaimed the freedom of slaves in ten states that were in rebellion. -
Burlingame treaty
political and labor organization rallied against the immigration of what they regarded as a degreaded race -
Traveling to Kansas
More than 900 black families from Mississippi reached St. Louis, heading towards Kansas. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Denied citizenship to people bornin China and prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers. -
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New Immigrants
12 million immigrants arrived on U.S. shores -
Immigration Restriction League
Imposed a literacy test on all immigrants. Grover CLevland then vetoed it. -
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The Great Migration
Mass movement of about 5,000,000 southern blacks to the north and west between 1915 and 1960 -
Industrial Occupations
21,547 black women worked in 152 factory plants.