-
Alien & Sedition Acts
The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed by the Federalist dominated 5th United States Congress, and signed into law by Federalist President John Adams in 1798 -
Irish and Eastern European Immigration (1840 - 1920)
Irish Immigrants fleeing potato famine because of that the main ting that they ate. Also looking for economic oppurtunity, Catholics settled in ghettos and also migrated west for a better outcome. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was the United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882. It was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history. It prohibited all immigrants of Chinese laborers. -
Naturalization Act of 1906
The Naturalization Act of 1906 was an act of the United States Congress signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt that revised the law from 1870 and required immigrants to learn English in order to become naturalized citizens. -
Immigration Act of 1924
The legislation blocked Japanese immigrants and set quotas for other nations based on the 1890 census; favored immigrants from northern and western Europe. -
Obama’s 2014 Executive Action on immigration
President Obama unveiled a major executive action on immigration policy, offering temporary legal status to millions of illegal immigrants, along with an indefinite reprieve from deportation. -
Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island
The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. It was a sign of freedom.Ellis island was were some of the immgrnats bored from it was much easier to go through ellis island than angel island.
