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When: 2017

president: Trump

Motivation:
Racism
Fear of Terrorism
"Total and Complete shut down of Muslims entering the US"
"I"m 100% correct"
*Bans any immigrants from Muslim-majority countries in the MIddle East: Iran, Syria, Somalia, Libya, Afghanistan, Yemen

Historical Context:
ISIS threats
Terrorist acts in Europe
Post 9/11 Era: Fear

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Date- the spring of 1882
President- Chester A. Arthur
Purpose- It was designed to prevent the Chinese from coming in and out.They thought it was the next threat to White Americans
They did not want the Chinese to take away job opportunities from the Americans
Historical context- Reconstruction after the Civil War and gold rush in California

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May, 1939

Franklin D. Roosevelt

banned jew from entering U.S., Canada, Cuba

world war 2 had just happened
people were fleeing from their country

people feared that they may me undercover Nazi.

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-President Calvin Coolidge
-Nickname for it is the Johnson-Reed Act
-Scared of communism
-May 26 1924
-Wanted to limit immigrants entry to the U.S. through a national origins quota
-Still let immigrants in from countries the U.S. favored
-Ireland, England, Germany
-Did not want immigrants from Asia and Eastern/Southern Europe
-Poland, Romania, Czech
-Did not want Eastern European Jews

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Started
- Mississippi
- around 1829-1830
President
- Andrew Jackson
Purpose of Policy
- Remove Indians from Southern     States
- End Indian rights
Historical Context
- Americans were becoming   "Land Hungry" moving to  Southern States
- Went to war with Indians, defeated their army
- Considered them terrorist
Motivation for Policy
- White americans wanted the land
Quote from Andrew Jackson
"Strengthen the southwestern frontier"