Demonstration of control over immigration in the 1800s; Use of statistics data as basis for classifying immigrants based on ethnic grounds; Creation of racial list on February 20, 1907.WeilPatrickGeorgetown Immigration Law JournalRaces at the Gate: A Century of Racial Distinctions - Weil - 2001...
Immigration always has been controversial in the United States. More than two centuries ago, Benjamin Franklin worried that too many German immigrants would swamp America’s predominantly British culture. In the mid-1800s, Irish immigrants were scorned as lazy drunks, not to mention Roman Catholics...
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Immigration always has been controversial in the United States. More than two centuries ago, Benjamin Franklin worried that too many German immigrants would swamp America’s predominantly British culture. In the mid-1800s, Irish immigrants were scorned as lazy drunks, not to mention Roman Catholics...
【小题1】前文The American Dream is the belief held by many in America. (美国梦是很多美国人的信念)与F. They think that through hard work, courage, and determination one can achieve a better life for oneself. (他们认为通过努力工作、勇气和决心,一个人就可以为自己实现更好的生活)承接自然,...
01. 1617 The Great Epidemic 02. 1619 Land of the Free. Slavery Begins 03. 1636 Freedom of Worship—Roger Williams 04. 1654 Yearning to Breathe Free—Immigration 05. 1676 Near Disaster—King Philip's War 06. 1735 Freedom of the Press—The Zenger Trial 07. 1773 Liberty! The Boston Tea ...
What was life like in colonial America? What caused immigration to America in the mid-1800s? What helped democratize American culture early on between 1815-1850? What did the U.S. do during the Age of Imperialism? What were America's arguments for imperialism during the late 19th and earl...
of thousands of Japanese Americans to detention camps during World War II. That action was the culmination of the federal government’s long history of racist and discriminatory treatment of Asian immigrants and their descendants that had begun with restrictive immigration policies in the late 1800s....
The growth of the Japanese population in these areas led to resentment by whites as they became economically successful, especially in the agricultural industry. By 1924 they were again barred from entering the United States through legislation when Congress passed theImmigration Act of 1924. This ba...
strict new laws drastically cut European immigration, which created a demand for industrial workers in the Northern cities. Still suppressed by segregation, more Southern blacks continued to migrate northward in increasing numbers, eagerly taking unskilled jobs in meatpacking plants, steel mills, and aut...