EXECUTIVE LAW
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Actualizado 28 feb 2018
Laws passed by Congress that proliferated incarceration, immigration, and elimination in the United States.
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Created byPeyton Austin
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13th Amendment Passed (1865)
abolished slavery "except as a
punishment for crime."The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
stopped all Chinese immigration
into the U.S., and was the first law
restricting immigration into the U.S.The Geary Act (1892)
renewed the Chinese Exclusion Act
and made Chinese people require
certificates of identification.The Magnuson Act (1943)
repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act,
but Chinese immigrants were still
not allowed to own businesses.The Natural Origins Act (1924)
established the first national
immigration quotas, mainly
targeting Southern and Eastern
Europeans, Africans, and Asians.The Immigration and Nationality Act (1952)
abolished racial (and gender) restrictions for
immigration but maintained the quota system.
Immigrants could also be rejected due to their
political beliefs.The Naturalization Act (1790) provided
the first rules in granting national
citizenship in the U.S.The Emergency Quota Act (1921)
added numerical restrictions to
immigration and established the
quota system.Períodos
Chinese Exclusion Act in effectThe Quota Immigration System (STILL IN EFFECT)The clause in the 13th's amendment is STILL IN EFFECT.
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