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37 Cards in this Set
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Late 1600s
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Africans as slaves
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Major groups before 1790
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English, Welsh, Scots
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1629-1640
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Puritans
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1675-1715
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Quakers
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1790-1849
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Germans
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1795
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Naturalization Act
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1795 Naturalization Act
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Could be citizen if in US for 5 years
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1840
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Gold Rush
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1846-1855
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Irish (potato famine)
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1847
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First Chinese
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1858
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Restrict Chinese immigration
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1882
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
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Started Japanese immigration
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1880s
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Jews fled anti-Semitism, Korean political exiles
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1898
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Colonization of Philippines
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Early 1900s
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Asian groups
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1907
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Gentlemen's Agreement
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1910-1917
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Mexican revolution pushed Mexicans into US
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1917
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Immigration Act banned Asians
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1918
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World War I
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1921
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Emergency Quota Act
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1924
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Immigration Act
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Immigration Act of 1924
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Reduced number of Southern, Eastern Europeans (esp. Jews), banned Asians (but not Mexicans/Caribbeans)
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1929-1935
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Mexicans repatriated
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1933
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Jews fleeing Hitler denied US access
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1939-1945
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World War II
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Bracero Program
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Mexicans could come work legally during WWII
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1947
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War Brides Act
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War Brides Act
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Filipinos who served in war could bring wives
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1952
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Immigration and Nationality Act
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1952 Immigration and Nationality Act
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Quotas based on census
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1965
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Amendment abolished quotas
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1959
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Castro's coup
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1965
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Immigration Act
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1965 Immigration Act
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Wave including Filipinos, Koreans
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1980
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Illegal Irish immigrants fleeing unemployment
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1986
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Immigration Reform and Control Act (Border Patrol)
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