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United States History II Final Paper Immigrants Jonathan Wright. University of Arizona Global Campus. HIS 206 United States History II. Jared Ward. December 12, 2023.

Immigrants: Since the birth of this nation, immigrants contributed as pillars in the foundation and success that make the United States the country it is today. Millions of immigrants fled to America for better lives and more opportunities (Barnes & Bowles, 2015). Despite the contributions that immigrants have made, they have continually faced discrimination and prejudice (Vargas,1999). All through history, acts, bills, and laws were passed and created to prevent immigrants from migrating to the United States or attempting to take away their rights (Barnes & Bowles, 2015). The events in the late 19th century and the early 20th century involving immigrants differ from 1945 to the present. This development will be expounded in this document and will focus on the events that took place from 1877 to 1945 concerning immigrants and the events that have taken place between 1945 and today. The Chinese Exclusion Act- 1882: This Act was a significant dent in the influence of the immigrant population in the late 19th century. This Act, permitted on May 6, 1882, was the first influential law restricting Chinese immigration into the United States (Barnes & Bowles, 2015). The Congress passed the Act and later signed it by President Chester, providing a ten-year ban on Chinese workers' migration. This was the first federal law that restricted the entry of a particular ethnic group— signed with the belief that immigrants endangered the local businesses, leaving the whites unemployed. Chinese were the immigrants facing the most nativism, where they would meet severe prejudice and restrictions. If they left, they had to get certificates before re-entering the country.

Over time, the Act expired, but Congress extended the Chinese Act for another ten years to continue denying the Chinese US citizenship. However, as time continued, the United States started to face criticism from other countries because of the Chinese Exclusion Act, which was repealed in 1943. However, Congress continued to limit the Chinese migration into the United States to a yearly limit of 105, which was much better than restricting all Chinese people (Hoskins & Creswell, 2014). Event Two Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire- 1911: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire is another event affecting immigrants. On March 25, 1911, approximately 145 employees died due to the fire, causing deaths by severe burns, smoke inhalation, and jumping out of the building to avoid burning to death. Out of New York, this factory was affected by the issue of immigration since most of the employees there were young immigrant women (Barnes & Knowles, 2015). Isaac Harris and Max Blanck were prime suspects behind this case, both suspected of committing insurance fraud. This incident brought many outcries where people believed that the company had no safety measures in place since its workers were immigrants and hence did not care if they would die or not in case of a disaster (Robinson & Robinson, 2016). The outcome of these calamities brought the enactment of laws that would help protect and change the lives of workers and immigrants. The government enacted laws and regulations to ensure workers could perform under safer conditions and include immigrants within these laws. Towards the mid of the 20th century, factories also started to be prohibited from hiring teenage immigrants, especially women. The turn of the corner in immigrants' treatment reached a level where immigrants started enjoying rights similar to those enjoyed by the locals.

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