https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la en-us 2023-05-09 15:08:38 UTC 2023-05-10 15:06:30 UTC hello@padlet.com 2187297 https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2583984568 Thomas Paine publishes pamphlet, "Common Sense," arguing for American Independence.]]> 2023-05-09 15:10:47 UTC https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2583984568 2187297 https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2583997154 Congress passes the Naturalization Act of 1790, allowing an application for citizenship for any free white person of good character who has been living in the US for two or more years. Nonwhite residents without citizenship are denied basic constitutional protections, which include the right to vote, own property, or testify in court. ]]> 2023-05-09 15:19:15 UTC https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2583997154 2187297 https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2585628318 The first US census takes place, and of 3.9 million people, the English are the largest ethnic group counted. Nearly one in five Americans are of African heritage.]]> 2023-05-10 14:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2585628318 2187297 https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2585631411 The U.S. and Britain are at peace again after the War of 1812, and immigration increases drastically. The first major wave of immigration lasts until the Civil War.]]> 2023-05-10 14:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2585631411 2187297 https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2585632270 Many newcomers arrive sick or dying from their journey across the Atlantic in cramped conditions. Immigrants overwhelm major port cities, and the US passes the Steerage Act of 1819 as a result, requiring ship captains to submit demographic information on passengers and better conditions on ships.]]> 2023-05-10 14:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2585632270 2187297 https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2585646444 The Know-Nothing Party forms as a backlash to the increasing numbers of German and Irish immigrants in the US. It's the first anti-immigrant political party. ]]> 2023-05-10 14:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2585646444 2187297 https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2585650906 Supreme Court declares that it's the responsibility of the federal government to make and enforce immigration laws when some states passed their own immigration laws.]]> 2023-05-10 14:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2585650906 2187297 https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2585657147 A second immigration boom begins when America begins a rapid period of industrialization urbanization. More than 20 million immigrants arrive from 1880-1920, most of them settling in major US cities and working in factories. The majority of them or from Southern, Eastern, and Central Europe. ]]> 2023-05-10 14:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2585657147 2187297 https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2585659484 The Chinese Exclusion Act is passed, barring Chinese immigrants from entering the US. White workers blamed them for low wages as they became successful working in gold mines, garment factories, and built railroads and took agricultural jobs.]]> 2023-05-10 15:00:21 UTC https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2585659484 2187297 https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2585667164 The Immigration Act of 1891 further excludes who can enter the US, barring the immigration of polygamists, those convicted of certain crimes, and the sick or diseased.]]> 2023-05-10 15:05:24 UTC https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2585667164 2187297 https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2585668847 Immigration in the US peaks, with 1.3 million entering the country through just Ellis Island.]]> 2023-05-10 15:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/2187297/lyf2i9twqfy943la/wish/2585668847