The motivations for the Chinese to come to the United States are similar to most immigrants. These motivations are what most people call "The American Dream." These could be looking for a better life, having a better job, running away from political issues. However, for Chinese these American...
May 1924:TheImmigration Act of 1924limits the number of immigrants allowed into the United States yearly through nationality quotas. Under the new quota system, the United States issues immigration visas to 2 percent of the total number of people of each nationality in the United States at the ...
which, although it had naturalization statutes of its own, often refused to recognize the switch of allegiance of its subjects. The question of the impressment of seamen was one of the issues that troubled Anglo
After studying 98 books, it was determined that in both peak immigration eras, first-generation immigrants were depicted as inferior to native-born Americans. Although the time period and countries of origin changed, the issues that immigrants faced and the problems they experienced were similar; ...
this would not last. Immigration became so prominent in America between 1870 and 1900 that the foreign-born population of the United States had almost doubled. A lot of German and Irish Catholics had immigrated in the 1840’s and 1850’s, and more decided to immigrate after the Civil War....
Second, the durability of the results in the long-run suggests that there are no significant issues with pre-trends driving my short-run analysis; if pre-trends had been a significant issue, the extension of the comparison group into those that migrated in the late 1800s (and the inclusion...
After studying 98 books, it was determined that in both peak immigration eras, first-generation immigrants were depicted as inferior to native-born Americans. Although the time period and countries of origin changed, the issues that immigrants faced and the problems they experienced were similar; ...
But with anti-immigration sentiment on the rise and quotas once again on the table, it’s clear that a century after its enactment, the ghost of Johnson-Reed isn’t completely gone. Gordon F. Sander is a journalist and historian based in Riga, Latvia. He is the author of “The Frank ...
The dilemma after 9/11 was how to let in visitors, students and immigrants the country wanted and needed while keeping those who might be terrorists out. There has never been a satisfactory solution for this lingering problem. From 1850 until early 1880’s, the United States sought ...
for example, was born on the island of St. Kitts in the British West Indies. Nonetheless, issues surroundingimmigrationand citizenship have caused debate and controversy since the 1790s. With each new wave of immigration, Americans responded with a spectrum of attitudes ranging from hostile to hos...