Geography 232 Test 2 DATES

What was the first year immigrants began coming to the United States?

1850

What year was the Quota System put into place, causing a downward slope in immigration?

1924

What year was the Quota System abolished, causing an upward slope in immigration?

1965

When was the Immigration Act put into place causing the Asiatic Barred Zone?

1917

What was the time period of Old Immigration?

1850-1924

What was the time period for New Immigration?

1965-present

When did people first start settling in Wisconsin?

1830’s

When did groups end settling in Wisconsin?

1920’s

When did the Atlantic Slave Trade begin?

1500’s

When did the Atlantic Slave Trade end?

1900’s

What is a specific end date for the Atlantic Slave Trade when Brazil outlawed slavery?

1888

When did the Atlantic Slave Trade Peak?

1700’s

When was the Royal African Company founded marking a turning point in the Atlantic Slave Trade?

1672

When was Bacon’s Rebellion?

1676

When was the Haitian Revolution?

1791

When was the cotton gin invented, causing a westward expansion to the other two areas of slavery?

1793

When was the 13th amendment passed, outlawing slavery?

1865

When was reconstruction?

1867-1877

When was the 14th Amendment passed, which made African American’s citizens?

1868

When was the 15th Amendment passed, which outlawed discrimination in voting?

1870

When were the Jim Crow Laws in place?

1877-1964

When did southern states begin to write their own constitutions?

1890’s

When was Plessy v. Ferguson?

1896

When was the Tulsa Race Massacre?

1921