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NEED TO KNOW

Irish immigration:

People were moving to America for various reasons,

Irish moved to America because general living conditions were better.

Entrepreneurs mostly moved to the U.S. from Ireland at first and became rich (encouraged more immigration)

Gold rush was also going on at this time

Emigration from Ireland spiked because of potato famine driving 1.5 million Irish to the United States

Most Irish people are laborers and ended up living in slums

Came from a Catholic country

Catholicism threatened the values of traditional Anglo-Saxon Protestants

The Know Nothing party was a political movement which gained momentum after the fall of the Whig party which

was very anti-immigration. They believed that having a lot of immigration would change their values

Irish people were the beginning of the ‘Melting Pot’

Views about Irish immigration (and immigration in general) divided the country—economy affected general

climate for immigrants—while the economy was good they were accepted and even encouraged, but when it was

bad they were accused of stealing jobs

Ellis Island:

Opened in 1892 and made immigration much easier for Europeans (steam powered engines had been increasing

immigration a lot too)

1907 Exatriation Act revoked citizenship from people who married immigrants

Immigration Act of 1917 added a literacy test to immigrate

1921 Emergency Quota Act limited immigration to 3% of the amount of people from each country already living in

the US according to the 1910 census. (also used as a preventative measure to keep immigrants from certain

countries to come here) Immigration was shifting from northern Europe to southern and western Europe

Legislation was passed because the flood of immigrants from Ellis Island caused negative wage effects on

Americans

1882 Chinese Exclusion Act suspended the immigration of Chinese for ten years and required Chinese immigrants

moving in or out of the country to carry a license identifying them as a laborer, scholar, diplomat or merchant.

Scott Act made reentry into the US after visiting China impossible

Both acts weren’t repealed until 1943 (Chinese Exclusion Act was expanded in 1902 to include the Phillipines and

Hawaii)

Answers to questions:

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The Speaker of the House

John Roberts

Print money, or declare a war, or build an army, or make treaties

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Louisiana PurchaseWoodrow Wilson

Fought for civil rights or fought for women’s rights 

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Cuban Immigration:

Fidel Castro and his communist regime took over Cuba in 1959

Wealthy Cubans fled Cuba in fear of losing all of their assets to the new Communist government

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On April 23 of 1980 Castro opens the Mariel Port for Cubans to emigrate in response to protests

U.S. government assists boats (many were not sea-worthy)

Total number of refugees immigrated to Key West through the Mariel Boatlift tops 125,000, many of whom came

from mental health facilities or jails. All immigrants are given refugee status

Exodus was ended on Oct 31 1980 by a mutual agreement between U.S.

1994 Cuban Adjustment Agreement commits US to issuing a minimum of 20,000 visas per year

Wet-Feet, Dry-Feet policy was added as an amendment in 1995—it states that Cubans who are intercepted tryingto illegally immigrate to the U.S. will be deported to Cuba or another country, and Cubans who make it to U.S. soil

will not be deported and after one year can apply for a change in legal status. It is estimated that over 16,000

Cubans reach US soil.

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statistics/yearbook/2011/ois_yb_2011.pdf  

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d61772a45c6a210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD 

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http://teachingresources.atlas.uiuc.edu/chinese_exp/introduction04.html 

http://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/ChineseImmigration 

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/seven/chinxact.htm 

http://www.history.com/topics/ellis-island 

http://www.ellisisland.org/immexp/wseix_5_3.asp 

http://www.usimmigrationsupport.org/cubanimmigration.html 

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statistics/yearbook/2011/ois_yb_2011.pdf  

http://www.pbs.org/itvs/thecity/america1_3.html 

http://books.google.com/books?id=KxW_BKtCjqkC&pg=PT150#v=onepage&q&f=false 

http://books.google.com/books?id=HBZxbQRA0JkC&pg=PA103#v=onepage&q&f=false 

http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/important-events-regarding-immigration-in-american-history 

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http://www.uscg.mil/history/articles/USCG_Mariel_History_1980.asp