Significant Historical Events Related to Immigration Issues from U.S. and Arizona History
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English settlers first arrive in America.
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Congress modified the Act of 1790, raising the period of residence from two years to five years before a person could be naturalized. http://www.earlyamerica.com/milestone-events/naturalization-act-1795/
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A war between the U.S. and Mexico that lasted between 1846-1848. The U.S. initiated this war and won, Mexico lost approximately half of its national territory in the north. http://www.history.com/topics/mexican-american-war
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War in favor of the United States.The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory.
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The Homestead Act allowed any American, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land.
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The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States.
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The Contract Labor Law was an act to prohibit the importation and migration of aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor in the United States.
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The U.S. received the Statue of Liberty as a gift from France to celebrate our countries shared respect for freedom.
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The Immigration Act of 1917 was created to control the flow of immigrants into the U.S.
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The Emergency Immigration Act of 1921 limited the number of immigrants entering the United States in any one year to 3 percent of the size of each nationality group that had been living in the United States in 1910.
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The Border Patrol was created in 1924 to secure the borders.
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The Alien Registration Act of 1940 made it a crimial offense to teach about wanting to violently overthrow the U.S. government.
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The Civil Rights Movement was when African American's struggled to receive equal rights and basic privileges of U.S. citizenship.
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This Immigration Reform and Control Act was created in an attempt to stop the increasing number of illegal immigrants.
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The Immigration Act of 1990 allowed more people to receive immigrant visas. It is noted as the most comprehensive reform of immigration laws.
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The Arizona Immigration Law SB 1070 is known as one of the toughest immigration laws, it was created to identify, prosecute, and deport illegal immigrants.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/politics/24immig.html?_r=0
