American Immigration Review (Chronological)
I Trends –Immigrants mostly of northwest European origins Reactions –Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)
II Trends –German immigration spikes in why? –Irish immigration spikes ( ) –why? –Chinese immigration increases on the West Coast (1848) – why? Reactions –Know-Nothing (American) Party (1850s to 1856) –Chinese Exclusion Act (1880)
II Trends –New Immigration Eastern European and Southern European (Polish, Lithuanian, Italian, etc.) Catholic or Jewish, not Protestant Non-democratic traditions Often temporary (esp. Italians) Reactions –Progressive Movement –Eugenics
III Trends –Further immigration from Eastern Europe and Mexico until Great Depression Reactions –Emergency Quota Act (1921) –Immigration Act (1924) –National Origins Formula (1927) –Bracero Program (1942) and Operation Wetback (1953)
IV Present Trends –Immigration mainly from Latin America, South East Asia and Africa Reactions –Hart-Cellar Act abolished National Origins System (1965) –Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986)