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Ashwin, Gayathri, Roohali, Arghyadeep Chinese Exclusion Act Synthesis APUSH Alien & Sedition Acts (Contrast) Chinese Exclusion Act  Passed in 1798 over fears of Quasi-War  Passed on May 6th 1882 escalating by John Adams  Restricted all immigration of Chinese  Naturalization Act: increased naturalization laborers to the U.S. and was not repealed from 5 to 14 yrs until 1943  Alien Friends Act: allowed president to deport foreigners deemed dangerous  Alien Enemies Act: allowed president to deport foreigners during times of war  These acts did not do anything to restrict immigration but allowed for deportation  Did not have much to do with immigration in general (dealt with deportation)

Know Nothing Movement (Comparison)  Mid 1800s (1845-1860)  Formed over fears of country being overrun by German and Irish-Catholic immigrants (them taking born-American’s jobs)  Ironic b/c Irish-Catholics faced this discrimination like the Chinese but when faced with labor pressure, Irish-Catholics started discriminating against Chinese (hypocrisy)  You would think the Irish-Catholics would be more sympathetic to the Chinese right? No. (this lack of cooperation lead to the end of labor strikes which is equally ironic) Immigration Act (Contrast)  Passed in 1891 and now made immigration managed nationally instead of by state and established a commissioner of immigration  Ellis Island also opened as immigration station in 1892  Accounted/Allowed for 13 million Europeans migrating to U.S.  Act opened up immigration instead of restricting it Hart-Celler Act (Contrast+Comparison)  Passed in 1965 and abolished immigration quota policy of 1920s (immigration quota basically meant that only a certain percentage of a nationality could immigrate to U.S.)  Established a preference system based on relation and skill  Opened up immigration to a lot more ppl in direct contrast to Chinese Exclusion Act Arizona SB 1070 (Comparison)  Passed on April 23rd, 2010  Made it necessary for an illegal alien who is 14 yrs or older to register with the government after a month of “residence” in the U.S. and to have immigration papers at all times  Made it be considered a federal offence to not do the above  Gave agencies (like police) unquestionable right to ask citizens for their immigration Chinese Exclusion Act papers  Passed on May 6th 1882  Pretty much encourages racial profiling  Restricted all immigration of Chinese  Basically, this act discourages the immigration laborers to the U.S. and was not repealed of latinos but does not restrict it as long as until 1943 they do so legally  Can be seen as a stricter version of Chinese Exclusion Act but not really… (there are still latinos migrating to the U.S. whereas under Chinese Exclusion Act no Chinese could migrate)  Interesting to note that in the twentieth century the U.S. did not care as much about illegal immigrants as it did about European immigration  In the twenty-first century, this has obviously changed As a final note, in general, America has gone through periods of restricted immigration and open immigration as seen by these examples. As of now, we could probably say that America is in a period of open immigration but that it has possibly unfair restrictions on Latino Immigration (illegal immigration is an issue!!!) Political Cartoons