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The Brotherton Indian Reservation was established in New Jersey -
The U.S. Government passed the Nationality Act of 1790 which required 2 years of U.S. residency in order to become a citizen for free white people of good moral character -
Polish people fled their homeland because of religious persecution, famines, and economic woes
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The Irish potato crop failed which prompted over 500,000 Irish people to immigrate to the U.S. from 18-45-1849. -
The great gold rush created a flood of Chinese immigrants in 1849.
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Supreme Court decision that said blacks were not considered U.S. Citizens. -
The 14th Amendment was ratified, giving citizenship to African Americans -
Over 2 million Italians immigrate to the U.S. between 1880-1924. Most of whom are fleeing poverty in Italy.
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3 million people flee Russia because of political instability and The May Acts which persecute Jews.
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President Woodrow Wilson signs the Jones Act which gives U.S. citizenship to the people of Puerto Rico -
In Ozawa v. United States, the supreme court decided that a Japanese man could not apply for naturalization because of his race. -
The Immigration Act of 1924 put quotas on the number of people who immigrated to the U.S.. based on their nation of origin. -
The Magnusun Act of 1943 allowed Chinese immigration to the United States for the first time since the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 -
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 gave people of all races the ability to become a U.S. Citizen. -
The Immigration Act of 1965 allows 20,000 immigrants per country to come to the U.S. per year. -
The Immigration Reform and Control Act was passed by Ronald Regan in 1986 and allowed illegal aliens residing in the U.S. unlawfully since 1982 to become legal residents