PO 335 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Literacy Test, Public Enemy, Crown Heights Riot
13 Sep 2016
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3 concepts of u. s. citizenship: right to territory: citizenship because born on u. s. soil, right of blood: citizenship based on parents being american, naturalization: formal citizenship legal process. Naturalization act of 1790: allowed free white who lived in the u. s. for at least 2 years to become citizens. Chinese exclusion act 1882: limited chinese immigrants to the us, only group explicitly limited on how many could come to the us. Hart-cellar immigration act: eliminated national origin quotas that privileged immigrants from. Northern europe: raised the ceiling on immigration to 170,000 per year, dramatically increased immigration from latin america, africa, the. Caribbean and asia: over 18 million immigrants to the us since enacted in 1965, changed the ethnic composition of immigrations. Elian gonzalez controversy: unaccompanied minor since mom died on way from cuba, had to be sent back to cuba to father.
