000 years ago. Since Australia was separated from the nearest landmass by over 90 kms of ocean and humans had not yet discovered how to build boat or rafts, nobody is quite sure how they came to Australia. It is most likely that the Aboriginals arrived in Australia unintentionally. They we...
A "White Australia" policy operated from 1901 to the 1960s; it encouraged immigration by Europeans and blocked almost all other immigration. Immigration to Europe European migrant crisis Religion and migration See: Religion and migration and United States, immigration and the growth of religion in...
Research in eugenics, economic woes, and a revitalization of the Ku Klux Klan all contributed to the growth of nativism in the United States during the 1920s. The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 and the National Origins Act of 1924 were two key pieces of legislation that reflected this nativism...
Globalization In Australia 1987 Words | 4 Pages Between 1820 and 1920, two third of the 34 million immigrants entered from the gateway of New York, and out of the two-third, half of them had chose New York to settle. Being the gateway of United States is one reason it attracts new com...
Evaluate the extent to which immigration affected United States culture in the period from 1840 to 1898. What were the effects of the massive influx of immigrants to the US in the late 1800s? Explore our homework questions and answers library ...
Western Australia The development of Western Australia lagged behind that of the eastern colonies for most of the 19th century, in part because of the apparent paucity of mineral resources. Its fortunes began to change when gold was discovered in the 1880s. A short-lived rush to the Kimberley...