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Puritans migrate to America with their families
-> lay the foundation for the religious, intellectual and social order of New England

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 Ellis Island (NY) as a famous receiving station for immigrants

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Immigrants from:
- Europe (UK, Germany, France etc.)
-  China (mostly went to California)
- Jews (antisemitism, discrimination in their homecountries)

--> were mostly poor
--> hoped for a better life and better opportunities in the U.S.

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--> limited the number of immigrants who could settle down in the U.S.
--> established quotas based on the country of origin

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immigrant visa, commonly called green card

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--> since 1917 the only way to be a permanent resident of the U.S. as an immigrant
--> Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) is responsible for issuing visas and illegal immigration

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Ku Klux Klan founded after the civil war
lynched 135 black people just between 1924 and 1925

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After the civil war Jim Crew laws lead to strict segregation between black and white in all areas of society

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After WW2 the segregation between black and white people in was abolished in the army.

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50s and 60s black people stood up for their rights themselves.
E.g. dr Martin Luther King who awarded the Novel Peace Prize in 1964 for protesting peacefully.
Other side Malcom X and Black Panthers who fought for their rights violently.
This civil right movement leads to laws of legal equality (on paper).

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First black President in the United States 2009

Because racial inequality is still a problem, Black Lives Matter was founded in 2013