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chinese exclusion act
Forced to keep chinese from coming to the U.S. because the government felt that there workers were a threat -
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immigration laws
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Passanger law
Regulated proportion of passanger to the tonnage on steam vessels, health and well being of the passanger -
Anti-coolie law
Banned transpoertion of coolies in ships that were owned or not by citizenz in the U.S. -
immagration act
Established position of commissioner of immagration reporting to sec. -
page act of 1875
Stated immigration of chinese, japanese or Asian people to the U.S. must be free and voluntary -
immigration act 1822
New immigration act that 50 cents tax would be charged on all allies landing in the U.S. ports. -
contract labor law
Banned American individuals or orginazation from engaging in labor contract -
immigration act of 1891
Revised version of 1882 immigration Act, declared certian classes of individuals were unfit to become american citizens -
Geary act
extended 1882 chinese Exclusion act for a additional 10 years -
Scoot act
extended chinese exclusion laws idenfinitely -
imgraction act
Restricted immigration of undesirables from other countries -
Wartime meassure
asserted that any foreigner leaving or entering the country was abide by the rules -
emergency act
intent was to temporarily limit the number of immigrants to the U.S. by imposing quotas -
immigration act
Set quotas to limit annual immigration to particular countires -
nationatlity act
Objectives to revise exsiting nationality laws into more complete nationality code -
1941 wartime measure
Stated whenever an american diplomatic or consular office knew or had any reason to believe any alien sought to enter the U.S. -
bracero program
Put into effect to aid agriculture economy -
Magnuson act
Allowed chinese nationals in U.S. to become naturalized citizens -
War bride act
Described process & limitations entry of aliens spous and minor alien children -
Alien fiancees and finances
G.I fiancée act devised to expedite entrance of foregin-born fiancées of memeber of Us armed forces -
chinese war bride act
Amended previous act controlling chinese immigration
