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17 Cards in this Set
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Naturalization Act
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1790 - citizens defined as "free white person" --- most western euros but not eastern euros or women
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Page Law
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barred entry of Chinese, Japanese, and Mongolian prostitutes, felons and contract workers -- Asians as criminals
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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-suspended immigration of chinese laborers for ten years
- declares Chinese ineligible for citizenship - continued Asian labor strife. |
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Geary Act
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created multiple bars, especially to the Chinese and the Chinese women
- suspends Chinese immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years. |
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Spanish-American War
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America annexed the Philippines into a "National Territory"
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1913 -- series of "Alien Land Laws"
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prohibited sale of agricultural land to "aliens ineligible for citizenship"
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1917 Immigration Act
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- creates "Asiatic Barred Zone"
- includes Russia, Afghanistan, China, India and Southeast Asia which are deemed "ineligible for citizenship" |
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Takao Ozawa vs. U.S.
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-argues based on white skin; race should not matter
-court says he is not white but mongoloid. |
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Cable Act
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American female citizens will lose citizenship if they marry alien ineligible for citizenship
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U.S. vs. Bhagat Singh Thind
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- classified Caucasian by science, hence white
-Court ruled that there is a "common understanding of the white man" |
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Reed Johnson Immigration Act
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-no immigration of aliens ineligible for citizenship ==> all Asians except for Filipinos.
- most restrictive immigration law in U.S. history. |
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Tydings-Mcduffie Law
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-revoked "U.S. national status" of Filipinos and set plans up for Filipino independence.
- would make Filipinos aliens |
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Executive Order 9066
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internment of Japanese; signed by Roosevelt
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Repeal of Chinese Exclusion Laws
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granted Chinese naturalization right
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Luce-Celler Bill
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gave Indians and Filipinos right to naturalize
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McCarren Walter Act
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- allowed all Asians to naturalize
-kept national origin quotas |
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Hart-Celler Immigration and Nationality Act
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- lifted national origin quotas
- reversed Reed Johnson act - allows family reunification -dramatically changes flow of Asians in America |
