USA Patriot Act authorized for a limited period of time the admission into the United States of certain European displaced persons for permanent residence, and for other purposes after World War II.
Ellis Island is an Immigration processing center that open in New York Harbor in 1892
One of the motivating factors of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was to accomodate the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
An immigrant that is seeking safety from dangers that occurred in their home town
law that changed the national quota system to limits of 170,000 immigrants per year from the Eastern Hemisphere and 120,000 per year from the Western Hemisphere
The act of a government sending a migrant out of its country and back to the migrant's home country
An immigrant living in the U.S.without lawful permission
Act that prohibits discrimination against job applicants on the basis of national origin or citizenship; establishes penalties for hiring illegal aliens and requires employers to establish each employee's identity and eligibility to work
| Stavka koja se može prevući | arrow_right_alt | Odgovarajuća stavka |
|---|---|---|
Ellis Island | arrow_right_alt | The expansion of countries into other countries where they establish settlements and control the people |
Push Factor | arrow_right_alt | problems in a new country make them move there such as Available Land, Job opportunities |
Colonization | arrow_right_alt | Migration to a new location |
Immigration | arrow_right_alt | Problem in their country makes them move out, such as Poverty, Religon, famine, Political prosecution |
Pull Factor | arrow_right_alt | Immigration processing center that open in New York Harbor in 1892 |
Required all foreigners to take a literacy test to prove they could read a short passage in English. This effectively prevented people from poorer countries from entering the USA
The Alien & Sedition Acts made it harder for an immigrant to become a citizen, allowed the president to imprison and deport non-citizens who were known as dangerous or who were from a hostile nation and criminalized making 'false statements' critical of the federal government