Exclusion and the Golden Door US Immigration Policy排斥和金门美国移民政策

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1、ExclusionandtheGoldenDoor:U.S.ImmigrationPolicyJonathanT.LyonsPoliticalScienceCapstoneFall2007OverviewPolicyHistoryfrom1790-PresentHowstereotypesandxenophobiainfluencedpolicydevelopmentCurrentStatusofImmigrationFirstImmigrationLegislationActofMarch26th,1790Setresid

2、encyrequirementforcitizenshipat2yearsActofJanuary29th,1795Requirementamendedto5yearsFederalistsvs.JeffersoniansAlienandSeditionActs(1798)NaturalizationActAlienandAlienEnemyActsSeditionAct-InfringementonFreeSpeechJohnAdamsOpen-DoorEra(1790-1882)Federalistactsexpired

3、withThomasJeffersonPresidencyAfterthefoundingoftheU.S.immigrationisencouraged1819-“Anactregulatingpassengershipsandvessels”BeganrecordingthenumberofimmigrantsenteringtheUnitedStatesThomasJeffersonOpen-DoorEra1821-1830:143,439immigrantsarrivePresidentJohnTylerencour

4、agesimmigrationinhismessagetothe22ndCongressin1841“Weholdoutthetothepeopleofothercountriesaninvitationtocomeandsettleamongus”OppositiontoEarlyImmigrationTheIrishPotatoFamine(1845-1851)andcropfailuresinGermanyresultedinheavyIrish/GermanimmigrationIrishimmigrantsarea

5、lmostexclusivelyCatholic,GermanimmigrantshavelargeCatholicsegmentNativistsentimentsemergedinnortherncitiessuchasBostonandNewYorkTheGoldRush:ImmigrationExplosion1848-JamesW.MarshalldiscoversgoldintheAmericanRiveroutsideSacramentoGolddiscoveryinspiresanexplosioninimm

6、igration,especiallyfromChina1841-1850:1,713,251immigrantsarrive1850-UnitedStatescensusrecordsthe“nativity”ofcitizensKnow-NothingMovement(AmericanParty)BeganastheOrderoftheStarSpangledBannerMembershadtobenative-bornwhiteProtestantsTheiroath:“toresisttheinsidiouspoli

7、cyoftheChurchofRome…byplacinginallofficesnative-bornProtestantcitizens”Know-NothingPartyFlagOpen-DoorEra1851-1870:4,913,039immigrantsarrive1862-HomesteadAct1863-CentralPacificandUnionPacifichireChineseandIrishlaborersrespectivelytoconstructfirsttranscontinentalrail

8、roadCompletedatPromontorySummit,UtahonMay10th,1869ChineseExclusionActSignedMay6th,1882ReactiontorapidexpansionofChineseimmigrationFirstactdirecte