CLUSTER 20A Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Immigration Restriction League, Asian Americans, Literacy Test
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1790 naturalization act (who can become a citizen) 1819 steerage act ( first federal law devoted only to immigration; established continual reporting of immigration. 1875 page act (first federal act to exclude categories of immigrants as undesirable" including criminals, prositiutes and chineses (contract workers) 1882 chinese exclusion act (barrsed entry if chinese laborers for 10 years) 1903 anarchist exclusion act (first law to exclude immigrants on the basis of political beliefs. "best immigrants" "most orderly" -- denounced as a threat to white labor -- unassimlable, heathens. 17-19th centuries- unrestricted movement of labor critical to economic growth in new woulrd. Violent attacked made on them and on their property. Anti-japanese movement also fueled by white labor groups and wests coast politicians. Natavists pressure leads to negotiation of gentlement"s agreement between us and japan. 1890 -1920 18. 2 million immigrants arrive in us. The largest of the "new" groups were italians, russion jews, and poles.
