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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 immigrantswhile 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 Scott Act made reentry into the US after visiting China impossible Both acts werent repealed until 1943 (Chinese Exclusion Act was expanded in 1902 to include the Phillipines and Hawaii) Answers to questions: 27 435 The Speaker of the House John Roberts Print money, or declare a war, or build an army, or make treaties April 15 Louisiana Purchase Woodrow Wilson Fought for civil rights or fought for womens rights Pacific

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

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 1995it states that Cubans who are intercepted trying to 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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