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Immigrants came to the United States
From 1800 to 1880, more than 10 million immigrants came to the United States -
Rapid industrialization of the United States in the late 1800s
Rapid industrialization of the United States in the late 1800s
* this was important because it made it easier for chinese immigrants to get work because they needed factory workers. -
NewComers set foot on Ellis Island
Newcomers in late 1800s first set foot on U.S. soil on Ellis island in New York Harbor -
Chinese Exclusion Act was passed
In the spring of 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by Congress
*added restrictions by requiring each Chinese resident to register and obtain a certificate of residence. Without a certificate, she or he faced deportation -
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12 million immigrants arrived on U.S. shores
Between 1891 and 1910, some 12 million immigrants arrived on U.S. shores. -
exclusion act expired
exclusion act expired in 1892, -
mmigration restriction league sought to impose a literacy test on all immigrants.
1894, by wealthy Bostonians, the immigration restriction league sought to impose a literacy test on all immigrants. -
60% of people living in 12 largest citites were Foreign-born
Early 1900s about 60 percent of people living in nation’s 12 largest cities either were foreign-born or had foreign- born parents -
exclusion act expired, genary act put in place
Geary Act
* When the exclusion act expired in 1892, Congress extended it for 10 years in the form of the Geary Act.added restrictions by requiring each Chinese resident to register and obtain a certificate of residence. Without a certificate, she or he faced deportation -
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Blacks migrate to North and west
five million southern blacks to the north and west between 1915 and 1960. -
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black migration
In the 1920s, another 800,000 blacks left the south, followed by 398,000 blacks in the 1930s. -
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Blacks leave South for Northern Cities
Between 1940 and 1960 over 3,348,000 blacks left the south for northern and western cities.
* the Blacks traveled to North West cities to excapse poor labor. -
Congress repealed all the exclusion acts
1943 Congress repealed all the exclusion acts -
Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1965
Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1965. -
limit of 170,000 immigrants
July 1, 1968, a limit of 170,000 immigrants from outside the Western Hemisphere could enter the United States
* this limit effected the chinese people because they weremt aloud to be in the western Hemiphere of the United States -
The Immigration Act of 1990
The Immigration Act of 1990 provided the most comprehensive change in legal immigration
* this was importatnt because it gave them the chance to change and make a difference in Chinese immigration