history

targeted french immigrants - restricted their free speech and writing. also made the process of naturalization 14 years

Alien and Sedition Acts

emergency quota act

created immigration quotas based on national origin to the ratio of US populatiom

Immigration Act of 1924

limits the annual immigration quota of each nationality to 2% of its proportion of the us population based on the 1890 census

naturalization

the process of legally becoming a US citizen after meeting the requirements

naturalization act

limited to "free whites" and only after two years in the us

Chinese exclusion act

first act to ban a race from the us. prevented immigrants to come to the us and didn't allowed naturalization for Chinese in the us

causes of immigration, opportunity, religious persecution

push and pull factors like bad conditions in other countries and things in the us attracting immigrants

Irish potato famine

A period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland

Geary Act

made the rules of the Chinese exclusion act stricter. made the Chinese have to carry certificates to prove legal status

workingmen's party

rallied against public fears that big corporations and Chinese were making wages go down and increasing job competition

know-nothing party

first organized opposition to open immigration. claimed that Irish and German immigrants were corrupting the country heritage.

literacy tests

a series of tests to test ones ability to read and write

immigration and nationality act

the foundation for the federal laws on immigration, nationality, and naturalization. abolished the quota system

displaced persons act

…, allowed 400,000 WW2 refugees to enter, opened immig. to many who wouldn't be allowed due to quota system

labor tenstions

fights and tension between workers/employees over wages, hours, security, conditions, and union

Discrimination

unfair treatment of a person based on race, age, ethnicity, sexuality