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Constitution-
In particle this Article of the Constituion, stated that this was the first time Congress adopted uniform rules. A free white person can apply for citizenship after two years of residency in the United States of America -
Alien and Sedition Acts
In 1798, the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed. This Act required 14 years of residency and forced the deportation of any "dangerous" aliens. -
Gold Rush
Gold Rush Immigrants traveled to America in hope of finding gold during the Gold Rush, which started in 1848. The gold-seeking immigrants refers to a multicultural group of immigrants from Latin America, Europe, Australia, and China. This golden discovery in California caused 300,00 people migrate and immigrate to California in order to satisfy their economic desires and in 1855 this rush faded out. -
The People vs. Hall
The California Supreme Court ruled that Chinese immigrant can not testifying any trial aganist a white man, whites believed they were racially superior to Asians. The American white males also believed that the Chinese were not capable of progress or were a benefit to society. -
Japanese Immigration
Japanese immigrationIn fall 1869, a wave of Japanese immigration come to the land of opportunity, the United States. These Japanese immigrants first landed in California, where the political refugees were located. This Japanese wave of immigration sparked racial tensions with the Californians. -
Naturalization Act
With the passing of the Naturalization Act of 1870, it limited American citizenship to white people of African descent.
This act was passed to politcallly discriminatie against the Asian immigrants, in which were not white or from African descent. -
Henderson vs. Mayor of New York
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in which only the federal government could dictate immigration. The state government lost the political power to have control over the administration of immigration. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
This act stated that for ten years, the United States would have a
legislation ban on Chinese migration. This event wassignificant because it was the first in American history of a serious exclusion of free immigration, and may be considered as racial profiling. -
Ellis Island
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Toward the end of the immigration wave, Ellis Island was the place to screen any immigrants coming to the east coast of America.If the women weren't meeting men in America, they were sent back to their home country. -
Immigration Act of 1917
The Immigration Act of 1917 created a law which directly impacted incoming immigrants , so if they wanted to come to America they must take a literacy test.People who were the age of 16 or higher had to prove that they knew how to read by reading 30-40 pages. This Act overrode the President Woodrow Willson's veto, Wilson veto due to the dole purpose of the bill. The purpose of the bill was trying to get rid of the "undesirables." -
Emergency Quota Act
The Emergency Quota Act restrictied immigration in the United States, since a quota was put in place of 350,000. This act ultimately limited the number of people who were born in the same foreign home countries, 3%. This meant that people from Northern Europe would have a better chance entering America because they were racially similar to Americans. -
Immigration Act of 1990
This Act created a set of an annual ceiling of 700,000 immigrants per year that were able to enter the US for the next three years, and after the third year the annual ceiling of 675,000 per year for every year after. -
USA Patriot Act
USA Patriot Act The USA Patriot Act was enacted post 9/11 and because it restricted the immigrantation flow or wave and possible terrorists into the U.S. The U.S.A. Patriot Act stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001. -
Proposition 200
In 2004, Arizona passes Proposition 200, which requires that individuals produce citizenship documents when they are either voting or receiving government social services. If they fail to produce a form vertifying their American citizenship, then this becames a misdemeanor. Opposers to this Proposition, believe that this act is anti-immigrant -
Refugee Act of 1980
The Refugee Act of 1980 was an amendment of the Immigration Act of 1965, due to the Vietnam War conflict and Cuban refugee crisis. This act was developed to create and provide opportunities to Vietnamese and Cuban refugees and were able to live in the U.S. for the rest of their lives.
