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which immigration legislation restricted certain types of people from coming to America

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1917 Immigration Act (it also included that immigrants over 16 must have a literacy qualification)

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which immigration legislation in the 20s restricted the amount if immigrants coming from each country

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1921 emergency quota act

only 3% of America’s 1910 total population were allowed to come to America per year from each country

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which immigration legislation changed the quota system again favouring a larger number of immigrants from Northern Europe

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1924 Johnson - Reed Immigration Act

changed the quota system to 2% of the country’s 1890 total population

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what happened to the amount of immigrants coming in 1927

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the legislation was changed and only a fixed number of 150,000 immigrants were allowed in

also restricts immigrants considered ‘undesirable’ such as: Jews, Greek, Italian

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which immigration legislation confirms a limit of 150,000 immigrants and bans asians

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1929 national origins formula

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what happened to immigration in the 30s

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immigration from Europeans slowed due to the depression as America was as bad as anywhere else therefore the need to move wasn’t necessary (immigration rate from Europe fell below the quotes)

immigration from South America (eg. Mexico) increased rapidly as they wanted to fill spots as cheap labour

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how many (estimation) illegal Mexicans were deported from USA in the 30s

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400,000

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how many German jewish children did congress reject from immigrating to American during hitler’s rise to power

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20,000

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how did the amount of foreign newspapers from immigrants change between 1914-1960s

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1914 = 1,300
1960s = 75

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how much of the population in Boston and New York did immigrants belong in the 1920s

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Boston = 57%
New York = 43%

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what agreement was made in regards to immigration in 1907

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Japanese people were now allowed to come to the USA and first generation Japanese immigrants were now eligible for citizenship

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what was the original view of chinese people coming to the USA

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they were prohibited from immigrating due to the Chinese Exclusion Act 1882

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Following WW2 approximately how many Japanese Americans were taken to internment camps from the west coast

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120,000 (about 75% of them were American citizens)

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which immigration legislation requires non-citizens to register with the federal government and eventually began using a green card system (with which they could live and work in the USA legally for however long they wish)

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1940 Alien Registration Act

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what happened with the green card system for immigrants in 1950

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green cards were only given to legal immigrants who had been processed and registered by the immigration service to limit the amount of illegal immigrants coming in

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which immigration legislation allows for displaced people to come to the USA

+2 extra extensions over the decade

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1948 Displaced Persons Act

415,000 people who were displaced were allowed to come to the US for 4 years (but within the quota limit)

1953: it was extended to allow an additional 214,000 refugees from Europe (outside the current 415,000)

1957: again it was extended to people who were escaping communist countries

17
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which immigration legislation revises the limit for immigrations alongside other things

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1952 Immigration and Nationality Act

Allowed for 100,000 Asian immigrants and introduced a preference system for skilled workers

but it still doesn’t apply to the Western Hemisphere

18
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when was operation wetback introduced and what was it

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1954 operation wetback begins deporting illegal immigrants (mostly Mexicans)

19
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which immigration legislation abolished quotas and set a new limit of immigrants

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1965 immigration and nationality act

it also allows for more asian immigrants (for immediate family members of already immigrated asians)

it still wasn’t including the western hemisphere

20
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which immigration legislation gives citizenship to cubans

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1966 cuban adjustment act

this brought in around 650,000 cuban refugees

21
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which immigration legislation allows citizenship to anyone who fought for the USA in any wars

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1968 armed forces naturalisation act

22
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which immigration legislation includes the western hemisphere

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1976 immigration and nationality act expanded - allowing a limit of 20,000 immigrants from the Western Hemisphere

23
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how did immigration from Asia change between 1965-1985

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1965 -1970 = immigration tripled from asians
1970-1985 = 700,000 immigrants (due to the rise in communism in asian countries)

24
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how did filipino immigration change between 1945 - 1970s

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1945 = 336,000
1970s = 774,000

25
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how was the immigration rate by the 1970s on average per year

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400,000 immigrants per year

26
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what happened to immigration rates after ww2 and how did this impact the foreign born population by the 1970s

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in the 1970s foreign born Americans dropped to an all time low of under 5%

27
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what happened to Vietnamese - Americans by 1980s

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1/3 was living below the poverty line

1/4 of families were receiving welfare

28
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around how many illegal immigrants would come to America per year in the 1970s

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60,000 from Mexico - over half of which were visa overstayers instead of crossing the boarder

29
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how many jobs were created in LA in 1970s and how many were taken by Mexicans

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645,000 jobs were created and around 1/3 were taken by Mexicans

30
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how many cubans came to America in 1980

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125,000

31
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how many illegal immigrants did the Braco programme deport

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1 million, but it was guessed by the immigration agency that there were around 7 million illegal immigrants altogether

32
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how many immigrants did operation wetback deport between 1953-8

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3.8 million

33
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after the fall of Saigon how many Vietnamese refugees were allowed in to the USA

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130,000

34
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how much of cities were foreigners from hispanic communities by 1980

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83%

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