5.04A - IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCES
Photograph: “Sharing Immigrant Experiences in the Classroom.” Edutopia, www.edutopia.org/article/sharing-immigrant-experiences-classroom/.
Bruna Pous
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The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Gentleman's Agreement
Immigration Act of 1924
The chinese exclusion act
1882 - 1943
US federal law prohibited Chinese labourers from entering the States It changed its restrictions throughout Chinatowns were established - chinese people already in the US
Impact on immigrants: Unstability too much restrictions in US need to go back to China
Information and photograph:
(The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. “Chester A. Arthur | Biography, Presidency, Accomplishments, & Facts.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 14 Nov. 2018, www.britannica.com/biography/Chester-A-Arthur.
The gentleman's agreement
1907-08
Informal arrangement between United States and Japan No further japanese emigration to US US doesn't impose restrictions on japanese immigrants already there
Impact on immigrants: In my opinion, not much impacts They can go on with their life without any changes
Information and photograph:
“Gentlemen’s Agreement of 1907-1908.” Immigration History, 2019, immigrationhistory.org/item/gentlemens-agreement/.
IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1924
limited the number of immigrants allowed into the States extended "national origins" quotas was highly restrictive and discriminatory required to apply for visas at the U.S. consulate or embassy
Impact immigrants: less freedom - can't escape origin country (wars, unstability ...)
Information and photograph:
“Immigration Act of 1924 (Johnson-Reed Act).” Immigration History, 2019, immigrationhistory.org/item/1924-immigration-act-johnson-reed-act/.