Timeline

By austinholm

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

  • Chinese Exclusion Act expires and is extended

  • Ellis Island Opens

    Earopean immigrants caught their first glimpse of the Statue of Liberty here, which served as a symbol of hope.

  • Exclusion Act was made perminant

  • Americanization Day(4th of July)

    Over 150 cities celebrated Americanization Day.

  • Committee on Public Information

    President Wilson established this committee in hopes to get all Americans to support the war effort.

  • Espionage Act

    Made it a crime to "utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal...or abusive language"

  • Racial Incident in St. Louis, Illinois

    The most brutal racial event happened this day. 39 people died.

  • Sedition Act

    Expansion of the Espionage Act.

  • Geary Act prevented Chinese Immigration

  • Congress repealed all Exclusion Acts

  • Congress passed Immigration Act

  • Limit of 170,000 Immigrants

  • Immigration Act