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Library
Media Center
Immigration
Law WebQuest
Name:______________________________________
Identify and/or answer the questions about the following aspects of
immigration restrictions by using your textbook and/or websites.
A.
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lectur8a.html#chinese
What
did this law do?
B.
Gentlemen’s Agreement (1908)
http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lectur8a.html#chinese
What
did this law do?
C.
Literacy Act of 1917
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAE1917A.htm
This
law used literacy in order to stop which groups from entering?
D.
Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924 (the Quota System)
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5078/
How
did these laws work and what parts of Europe were limited from coming
to America?
E.
Immigration Act of 1965
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Immigration-Act-of-1965
What
did this act do?
F.
Immigration Act of 1986
http://www.princeton.edu/hr/policies/appendix/a303.htm
What
did this act do?
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