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  1. Chinese Immigration in San Francisco
    date May 21, 1876 to 1880map SAN FRANCISCO, Californiatags chinese, Immigration

    Chinese immigration was an important issue in San Francisco in the mid 19th century. The Burlingame Treaty of 1868 gave the Chinese full rights to immigrate to the United States. When an economic depression hit in the 1870's, an intense competition for jobs lead white residents to become extremely opposed to Chinese immigration. In the May 21st, 1876 issue of the Daily alta California newspaper, it...

  2. Encouraging Immigration to Alabama
    date January 1, 1869 to December 31, 1869map MONTGOMERY, Alabamatags alabama, Immigration

    “A state favored by nature in every way” boasted a booklet created by the state of Alabama. Published in 1869, this 22 page document contained a detailed list of the states assets. “No part of the United States offers so many and such striking inducements to the immigrant as Alabama.” It was an effort to entice foreign immigrants to come and establish their roots in Alabama. It covered every...

  3. Restrictions on Immigration grow in popularity.
    date July 1, 1986 to July 4, 1986map New York, New Yorktags Immigration, American Immigration, Work

      A joint New York Times and CBS News poll showed the United States to have contradictory feelings towards immigrants. Despite the U.S. being founded on immigration, and containing the world’s largest immigration population, those polled show an increasing percentage of natives disapproving further immigration. On a personal level, the American citizen was welcoming to immigrants individually. But...

  4. Subcommittee formed to better manage aliens.
    date May 24, 1981map District of Columbia, District of Columbiatags Immigration, aliens, American Immigration

    The fourth wave of immigration to the United States, created by the Immigration Act of 1965, was due to the economic situations of émigrés. Seeking a better lifestyle, many immigrants were being admitted legally, though many also entered as illegal aliens. By the time Ronald Reagan entered the Oval Office in 1981, many immigration policies needed authorization by Congress. Moreover, since the 1960s,...

  5. Californians Deal with the Fall Out of Proposition 187
    date November 8, 1994 to November 20, 1994map San Francisco, Californiatags Immigration, Controversial Legislation

    By the 1990s popular opinion had turned against the stream of immigrants that had begun in the early 1980s, and illegal ones in particular (who amplified all the traditional anti-immigrant accusations of undermining wages and straining public services). In California this resentment was fanned by local politicians, including Republican Governor Pete Wilson - who was staring electoral defeat in the...

  6. William Hall Supports the Draft but Abhors the Riot (1863)
    date July 15, 1863map NEW YORK, New Yorktags Montgomery Blair, Immigration

    Buildings had beenburned, homes had been destroyed, and men, women, and children perished at the hands of angry citizens. In July of 1863, New York City became engulfed in a wave of mob violence that swept through the city. Irish immigrants made up the majority of the rioters in opposition to the Enrollment Act of Conscription set forth earlier that year by President Abraham Lincoln. The rioters did...

  7. Forced Immigration
    date February 23, 1853map ORANGE, Floridatags Immigration, Native-Americans

    The increasing immigration of America by Europeans forced the nation to begin expanding the land it needed. The idea of Manifest Destiny was prevalent throughout the citizens of the US, and each wanted his/her piece of land so they could start living out their lives. Florida was one the most lush and fertile areas in the country, and was prime location for more settlers who wanted to acquire property...

  8. Local Chinese React to Imperial Decree
    date 1910 to 1911map Orleans, Louisianatags Migration/Transportation, Immigration, Urban-Life/Boosterism, Race Relations, New Orleans, China

    When Americans think of Chinatown, they rarely associate it with New Orleans, but at the turn of the twentieth century, New Orleans was the only southern city with a population of Chinese immigrants significant enough to constitute a Chinatown. Like other immigrants in America, the Chinese in New Orleans had to balance the ongoing connections and relationships back home with the opportunities presented...

  9. Growing Pains in New York's Lower East Side
    date 1880 to 1901map NEW YORK, New Yorktags Urban-Life/Boosterism, Immigration, Church/Religious-Activity

    An early 1900s postcard photograph from New York's Souvenir Post Card Company captures the Lower East Side's crowded and chaotic environment. As American Jewish historian Hasia Diner notes, "at the right moment in time, under the right conditions, ordinary places become transformed into spaces throbbing with meaning." Such was the case with New York's iconic Lower East Side. The photo shows Hester...

  10. Triangle Factory Fire
    date March 25, 1911map New York, New Yorktags Immigration, historical memory

    The immigrant women working in Triangle Shirtwaist Factory called it a "prison." Its safety and working conditions were abysmally low, but these conditions were not unique: New York was an epicenter for industrialization, containing thousands of unsafe factories filled with recent immigrants. In 1909, many factory workers organized a strike to protest unsafe conditions, and most factories met their...

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