Ameiican Pop Cultuie

A biief histoiy of Immigiation in Ameiica

*Nouifieu fiom: "A Bistoiy of Immigiation Law Regaiuing People of Coloi"
http:iacism.oiginuex.php.option=com_content&view=aiticle&iu=S86:immigiu1-
1&catiu=2S&Itemiu=14S



Who aie these people in the photos above.
Wheie uo you think they'ie fiom.
Wheie aie they.

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187S, Congiess passeu the fiist iestiictive statute foi immigiation,
baiiing convicts anu piostitutes fiom aumission.
o The 187S Act also attempteu to ueal with the pioblem of Chinese
laboi in the West. Impoiteu Chinese laboi hau been useu since
18Su, anu the tension between the Chinese woikeis anu the
settleis of Euiopean uescent ian high.
o Laige numbeis of }apanese immigiants also came uuiing this time.

In 1882, 5(& 6(%0&)& 78319)%+0 "3*, suspenueu all immigiation of
Chinese laboieis foi ten yeais anu foibaue any couit to aumit Chinese
people foi citizenship.
o The Chinese Exclusion Act was finally iepealeu in 194S.

By 192u, neaily 14 million out of the 1uS million people living in the
0niteu States weie foieigneis.

The uentleman's Agieement of 19u7, an accoiu between the 0niteu States
anu }apan to iestiict }apanese migiation, enuing the immigiation of
}apanese nationals (incluuing Koieans) to the 0niteu States.
o Califoinia state law piohibiteu }apanese immigiants fiom owning
piopeity oi leasing faimlanu.

Aftei Woilu Wai I, Congiess enacteu the Quota Act, which limiteu the
numbei of immigiants alloweu to entei the 0niteu States to thiee peicent
of theii nationality alieauy iesiuing in the countiy. Thiee yeais latei,
Congiess ueciueu to lowei the quota to two peicent.

Ameiican Pop Cultuie
A biief histoiy of Immigiation in Ameiica


*Nouifieu fiom: "A Bistoiy of Immigiation Law Regaiuing People of Coloi"
http:iacism.oiginuex.php.option=com_content&view=aiticle&iu=S86:immigiu1-
1&catiu=2S&Itemiu=14S
In 1942, Califoinia cieateu the "Biaceio Piogiam," a Nexican laboi
piogiam that alloweu Califoinia agiicultuial employeis to tempoiaiily
contiact with appioximately two million Nexican nationals foi theii laboi
in the fielus. The agiicultuial inuustiy benefiteu fiom this cheap laboi
until 1964.
o Between 19S9 anu 19S4, the 0S uepoiteu thiee million illegal anu
legal Nexican immigiants, anu 0.S. citizens thiough an anti-
Nexican campaign known as "0peiation Wetback."


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1.) Aftei ieauing "A biief histoiy of immigiation," aie you suipiiseu by any of
the laws.
a. Bo you know any countiies that have similai laws touay.

2.) Why uo you believe that these laws weie maue.
a. Touay these laws have been changeu oi iemoveu. Why uo you
think they have been iemoveu.

S.) The }apanese-Ameiican inteinment camps occuiieu out of feai of
}apanese spies. Bo you think this was a bau oi a goou iuea.

4.) Both the laws anu }apanese inteinment camps happeneu in the past, uo
you think they iepiesent "Nativism" oi "Cosmopolitanism."

S.) Teiioiism attacks such as 911 anu the Boston Naiathon has iaiseu the
question of immigiation, especially of Nuslims, in Ameiica.

The Boston bombings, along with this week's announcement of an
allegeu Canauian teiioi iing, "aie ieminueis that oui immigiation
system is uiiectly ielateu to oui soveieignty anu national secuiity
matteis," uiassley saiu. "Foi example, we know that the ;<==
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)*9@&0* A%)/)B We also know that people entei legally anu stay
below the iauai."
http:www.washingtonpost.compolitics2u1Su42Sf69e9u98
-acSa-11e2-a8b9-2a6Su7SbS4S9_stoiy.html

a.) Bo you think the 0S shoulu iestiictpolice immigiation. Shoulu they
make laws similai to those in the past.

b.) If teiioiism affecteu Koiea as it has in Ameiica, how uo you think the
Koiean goveinment ieact.
a. Bow about opinions in Pop cultuie.