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The Colonial Era was a time when the English founded their permanent settlement in America at Jamestown in the Virginia Colony. This was a time where many immigrants came into America seeking a better future and economic opportunity.

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This act prohibited any immigrant who was deemed as undesirable from entering the U.S, but was heavily aimed towards Chinese laborers and Chinese women’s who were prostitutes.

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The Chinese Exclusion Act was a law which restricted immigration into the U.S. The act was passed by congress and was an absolute 10-year ban on Chinese laborers.

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Ellis Island was an island located in New York and was opened to served as an immigration station and processed over 12 million immigrants.

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First Chinatown Created in America, 1906

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First Chinatown Created in America, 1906

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The first Chinatown dates back to 1906 in San Francisco, created by Chinese immigrants that served as a comfort community creating thriving the local economy that supported new immigrants.

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Angel Island was located in the San Francisco Bay and was a immigration and deportation facility, where 175,000 Chinese and 60,000 Japanese immigrants were detained under oppressive rules and conditions.

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This Act limited the number of immigrants allowed into the U.S through a National origins quota. This restricted immigration overall dropping immigration from nearly 707,00 in 1924 to around 294,000 in 1925.

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This program brought more than 400,000 Mexican workers into the U.S to work on short term contracts on farms and other war industries. Following the end of the war the program continued and expanded into agriculture until 1964.

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President FDR signed this order which ended up with the incarceration of the Japanese Americans living within 100 miles of the west coast.