US Immigration 1790 to Present

US Immigration

Period: Jan 1, 1790 to Mar 17, 2014

Naturalization Act of 1790

Mar 26, 1790

It required for immigrants to have lived in the US for 2 years in order to become US citizens.

Naturalization Act of 1795

Jan 29, 1795

This required people to be a resident for 5 years before they could recieve citizenship.

Naturalization Act of 1798

Jun 17, 1798

This requireed people to declare intention to become a citizen 5 years before they applied. You must also live in the US for 14 years.

Alien Friends Act of 1798

Jun 25, 1798

This allowed the president to have people deported if he found it necessary. If they stayed they would be imprisoned for 2 years. He could also grant temporary residency.

Alien enemies act of 1798

Jul 6, 1798

If the US was at declared war any male fourteen or older, not naturalized, from the opposing country could be deported or imprisoned.

Steerage act of 1819

Mar 2, 1819

This set standards for carrying passengers into the US

Passenger Act of 1847

Feb 22, 1847

Set standards for ships carrying passengers into the US. Also set penalties for captains not following these standards.

Passenger Act of 1855

Mar 3, 1855

This act set standards for ships that carried passengers. It stated how many passengers were allowed per ship, and what was needed for each passenger.

Anti-coolie law of 1862

Feb 19, 1862

This law banned American ships from being involved in the coolie trade.

Immigration Act of 1864

Jul 4, 1864

This act established a commisioner of immigration, validated work contracts, and exempted immigrant from required service in the military.

Page Law of 1875

Mar 3, 1875

This law stated that any immigrants from an asian country must be free and voluntary. It also set standards and punishments for those that were still in or were former members of the coolie trade business.

Chinese axclusion Act of 1882

May 6, 1882

This act banned all chinese workers from migrating to the US for ten years. It also deported any Chinese that came after November 17, 1880.

Immigration Act of 1882

Aug 3, 1882

This act charged 50 cents to all landing aliens entering the US. Also it kept those that were supicious looking or seemed unable to care for themselves from coming into the US.

Contract Labor law of 1885

Feb 26, 1885

This prevented individuals or groups from making a working contract with someone before they came to the US.

Immigration Act of 1891

Mar 3, 1891

This set standards for immigrants to enter the US. This kept those that could not support themselves on their own out. Also this kept those with criminal records from becoming citizens of the US.

Geary Act of 1892

May 5, 1892

This extended the Chinese Exclusion act for another 10 years.

Scott Act of 1902

Apr 29, 1902

This extended the chines exclusion act indefinitely.

Immigration Act of 1917

Feb 5, 1917

This banned immigration of undesireables. Also, this charged $8 per immigrant coming into the US. Also all immigrants, except those escaping religious persecution, were subject to a literecy test.

Wartime measure of 1918

May 22, 1918

This states that anyone entering or leaving the US was subject to rules set by the president.

Emergency quota law of 1921

May 19, 1921

This law set quotas for immigrants from different countries.