U.S. Immigration Throughout History

By wilsongeharmon

  • Jamestown Colony

    Jamestown Colony
    This was the first successful colony of English immigrants in America.

  • Mayflower

    Mayflower
    English first immigrate to America aboard the Mayflower.

  • Irish Potato Famine

    Irish Potato Famine

  • California Gold Rush

    California Gold Rush
    The California Gold Rush brought many Asian immigrants to California.

  • Page Act of 1875

    This was a precusor to the Chinese Exclusion Act that prevented 'undesirable' people from immigrating to the United States. These included Chinese people looking to work as contract laborers and people that were convicted of crimes in their own country.

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act

  • Ellis Island Opened

    Ellis Island Opened

  • Canadian Agreement

    This law was a way to keep unwanted immigrants from going to Canada and then immigrating to the United States.

  • U.S. Border Patrol Begins

    U.S. Border Patrol Begins

  • Angel Island Opened

    Angel Island Opened

  • National Origins Formula

    National Origins Formula
    This limited the number of immigrants that could come into America. It mostly effected eastern and southern Europeans.

  • Operation Peter Pan

    Operation Peter Pan
    This was a CIA operation to help move Cuban children who were going to be forced to join the military or be shipped to Soviet labor camps into Miami, Florida.

  • Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

    Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
    This law made it illegal to knowingly hire illegal immgrants.

  • SB 1070 Signed into Law

    SB 1070 Signed into Law

  • Alabama HB 56

    Alabama HB 56
    This is a law that is anti-immigration that is even stricter than Arizona SB 1070.