ECON 113 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: United States Congress Joint Immigration Commission, Magnuson Act, Emergency Quota Act
Document Summary
California seized in the mexican-american war (1846- 48) 1840s gold rush attracts european, chinese, and south american immigrants. 1870: post-boom economy w/ severe economic depression. Denis kerney: anti-chinese founder of the workingmen"s party who ended every address with. And whatever happens, the chinese must go! principle of derivative citizenship: holds that a woman"s status is dependent on that of her husband or father, adopted by the u. s. congress in 1855. Marrying an alien ineligible for citizenship would denaturalize women. Cable act of 1922: women who were american citizens at birth could maintain citizenship even if they married an ineligible alien. 1882: the chinese exclusion act is passed form of racial engineering. Use of the state to define the demographic and cultural character of a nation. American protective association (apa): anti-foreignism and anti-catholicism popular in the rural and small towns, superseded by the ku klux klan (kkk) in the 1920s.
