Immigration Timeline 1869-1917
1869-The First Transcontinental Railroad is completed
- Was a railroad line built in the US between 1863 and 1869
1870- The Fifteenth Amendment is ratified
1871–1880- 2,812,191 immigrants arrive
1881–1890- 5,246,613 immigrants arrive
1881–1885- 1 million Germans arrive in the peak of German immigration
1881–1920- 2 million Eastern European Jews immigrate to the United States
1882- The Chinese Exclusion Act
- A law passed to keep Chinese people from Immigrating in the US.
1885- The Alien Contract Labor Law
- Prohibits any company or individual from bringing foreigners into the United States under contract to perform labor.
1886- The Statue of Liberty is dedicated in New York Harbor
1889- Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr found Hull-House in Chicago.
-The Hull House opened its doors to new European immigrants. By 1911, the Hull House had grown to 13 buildings.
1890- There was twice as many Irish living in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland.
1891–1900- 3,687,564 immigrants arrive.
1892- The Geary Act
- Extends the Chinese Exclusion Act for ten more years, and adds the requirement that all Chinese residents carry permits.
1892- Ellis Island opens
- The location at which more than 16 million immigrants would be processed, opens in New York City.
1901–1910- 8,795,386 immigrants arrive
1906- The Naturalization Act of 1906
- United States Congress signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt, which required immigrants to learn English in order to become naturalized citizens. The bill was passed on June 29, 1906, and took effect September 27, 1906.
1907-1908- Gentlemen’s Agreement
- Japans government agrees to limit emigration of unskilled workers to the United States in exchange for the repeal of the San Francisco segregation order. On October 11, 1906, the San Francisco Board of Education ordered that Japanese students attending the city’s public schools be in racially segregated schools. This was called the San Francisco segregation order.
1911–1920- 2 million Italians arrive in the peak of Italian immigration
1911–1920- 5,735,811 immigrants arrive
1913- California's Alien Land Law Act of 1913
- Prohibited "aliens ineligible for citizenship" from owning agricultural land or possessing long-term leases over it, but permitted leases lasting up to three years
1917- Congress enacts a literacy requirement for immigrants.
- The law requires immigrants to be able to read 40 words in some language.
- Was a railroad line built in the US between 1863 and 1869
1870- The Fifteenth Amendment is ratified
1871–1880- 2,812,191 immigrants arrive
1881–1890- 5,246,613 immigrants arrive
1881–1885- 1 million Germans arrive in the peak of German immigration
1881–1920- 2 million Eastern European Jews immigrate to the United States
1882- The Chinese Exclusion Act
- A law passed to keep Chinese people from Immigrating in the US.
1885- The Alien Contract Labor Law
- Prohibits any company or individual from bringing foreigners into the United States under contract to perform labor.
1886- The Statue of Liberty is dedicated in New York Harbor
1889- Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr found Hull-House in Chicago.
-The Hull House opened its doors to new European immigrants. By 1911, the Hull House had grown to 13 buildings.
1890- There was twice as many Irish living in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland.
1891–1900- 3,687,564 immigrants arrive.
1892- The Geary Act
- Extends the Chinese Exclusion Act for ten more years, and adds the requirement that all Chinese residents carry permits.
1892- Ellis Island opens
- The location at which more than 16 million immigrants would be processed, opens in New York City.
1901–1910- 8,795,386 immigrants arrive
1906- The Naturalization Act of 1906
- United States Congress signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt, which required immigrants to learn English in order to become naturalized citizens. The bill was passed on June 29, 1906, and took effect September 27, 1906.
1907-1908- Gentlemen’s Agreement
- Japans government agrees to limit emigration of unskilled workers to the United States in exchange for the repeal of the San Francisco segregation order. On October 11, 1906, the San Francisco Board of Education ordered that Japanese students attending the city’s public schools be in racially segregated schools. This was called the San Francisco segregation order.
1911–1920- 2 million Italians arrive in the peak of Italian immigration
1911–1920- 5,735,811 immigrants arrive
1913- California's Alien Land Law Act of 1913
- Prohibited "aliens ineligible for citizenship" from owning agricultural land or possessing long-term leases over it, but permitted leases lasting up to three years
1917- Congress enacts a literacy requirement for immigrants.
- The law requires immigrants to be able to read 40 words in some language.