AMH 3530- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 36 pages long!)
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Jim crow laws (1890-1910) a series of us laws enacted to separate blacks from whites prohibiting blacks from using. Immigration reform and control act 1986 hiring illegal immigrants and illegal act publishable by fines/prison. Bush authorized the construction of a 700-mile fence along the us border with mexico. But land owners don"t want to sell their land to the government, endanger animals and plants, impact on the economy sanctuary cities. Immigration act of 1917 required all immigrants to pass a literacy test before entering the us. Johnson act 1921 limited the number of immigrants who could enter the country in a single year, with limits for certain countries. Immigration act 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed into the us and excluded japanese. Since the beginnings of what later became the united states, intergroup relations based on ethnic and racial background have played a powerful role in shaping both interaction and opportunity.
