Week 5: US immigration History

Mindmap of US immigration history

1890 - How the Other Half Lives - Jacob Riis


US Immigration Legislation Online

• 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
• 1892 Geary Act (extends Chinese exclusion act additional 10 years)
• 1892 Wong Wing v. United States (Bill of Rights Protects Illegal Aliens as well)
• 1917 Immigration Act (aka Asiatic Barred Zone Act)
• 1924 Immigration Act (aka Johnson-Reed Act)
• 1943 Magnuson Act (repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act)
• 1943 Bracero Program
• 1945 War Brides Act
• 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act (McCarran Walter Act)
• 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act (Hart-Cellar Act)