GEOGRAPHY 1 PPT ABOUT MIGRATION IN THE USA.pptx

EOGRAPHY 1 PPT ABOUT MIGRATION IN THE USA

1. HISTORY OF IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

2. Introduction

3. White People of ‘Good Character’ Granted Citizenship

4. January 1776 Thomas Paine publishes a pamphlet, “Common Sense”, that argues for America independence.

5. March 1790 Congress passes the first law about who should be granted U.S. citizenship.

6. August 1790 The first U.S. census takes place.

7. Irish Immigrant Wave

8. 1815 Peace is re-established between the United States and Britain after the war of 1812.

9. 1819 Many of newcomers arrive sick or dying from their long journey across the Atlantic in cramped conditions.

10. 1849 America’s first anti-immigrant political party forms.

11. 1875 Following the Civil War, some states passed their own immigration laws.

12. Chinese Inclusion Act

13. 1880 A second immigration boom begins.

14. 1882 The Chinese Exclusion Act passes.

15. 1891 The Immigration Act of 1891 further excludes who can enter the United States

16. Ellis Island Opens

17. 1892 Ellis Island, the United States’ first immigration station, open in New York harbor.

18. February 1907 The United States and Japan sign the Gentlemen’s Agreement.

19. 1907 U.S immigration peaks.

20. 1910 An estimated three-quarters of New York City’s population consists of new immigrants and first-generation Americans.

21. New Restrictions at Start of WWI

22. 1917 Xenophobia reaches new highs on the eve of American involvement in World War I.

23. May 1924 The Immigration Act of 1924 forms.

24. 1924 Illegal immigration to the United States’ increases.

25. Mexicans Fill Labor Shortages During WII

26. 1942 The Bracero Program forms.

27. 1948 The U.S. passes the nation’s first refugee and resettlement law.

28. 1952 The McCarran-Walter Act formally ends the exclusion of Asia immigrants.

29. 1956-1957 The United States admits roughly 38,000 immigrants from Hungary after a failed uprising against the Soviet Union.

30. 1960-1962 Operation Peter Pan is born.

31. Quota System Ends

32. 1965 The Immigration and Nationality Act overhauls the American Immigration system.

33. April-October 1980 Cuban refugees make a dangerous sea crossing.

34. Amnesty to Undocumented Immigrants

35. 1986 The Simpson- Mazzoli Act signs into law.

36. 2001 Development, Relief, and Education of Alien Minors (D.R.E.A.M.) Act proposal.

37. 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA