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Define:Immigration
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foreigh born citizens who came to America in search of a new life
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First wave of Immigration
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1815-1880 15 million immigrants pemanatly settled in the U.S
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Second Wave of Immigration
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1880-1914 15 million immigratns permanatly settled in the U.S
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U.S immigration policy
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Asians were resticted by U.S law
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What was The Dillingham Commission
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-The U.S senate formed a commission to study the origins of Immigrations,
-found that Immigration patterns corresponded with social problems in US |
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Ellis Island
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an island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States
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5 push factors of Immigration
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-increased population crowded Europe
-Social Darwinism and industrial competition -a European class of "have nots" -commercial agriculture took over and put individual farmers out of work - lack of resources and freedom in some areas |
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4 pull factors of Immigration
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-land, cheap, easy to get
-jobs, expansion of Industry -schools-public education - democracy- equality participation in government |
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hardships for immigrants
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-xenophobia
-I.R.L -alarming amount of Immigrants |
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The Immigration Restiction League was founded in ____ by
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1894, Robert DeCourcey Ward
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4 laws that limited immigration
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-1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
-1889 Chae Chan Ping vs. U.S -1917 Congresses passes an immigration act with a literary test -1921- Johnson Act |
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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eliminates Chinese immigrants from America
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Chae Chan Ping vs. US
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Supreme Court finds that immigration is not a constitutional right
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Johnson Act
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enacts a quota system to limit immigrants
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Motivation or immigration for U.S government/businesses
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- cheap labor
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