19.1 AME Empire Flashcards
1
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Chinese Exclusion Act
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Reknewed backlash to immigration
- risked anti-Chinese agitation in California
- suspended immigration of all Chinese laborers, making Chinese the first illegal immigrants
- first Congressional Act that restricted immigration on the basis of race
2
Q
Immigration Act
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Expanded over time, continually widen cateogories of excluded people
-denied admission to people who were not able to support themselves, people with mental illnesses, crimials
3
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“Americanist”
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advocated an end to unoffical practice of permitting separate congregations for Poles, Italians, etc, isolation delaying immigrants entry into American mainstreeam
- Did NOT believe that public schools were a danger to the Catholic faith
