Transformation of American Society Power Point Notes

Nativist’s and Immigration
1860 - 1910
– Nativists achieved great success in the
west with immigration restriction laws
against the Chinese.
• In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion
Act, which denied citizenship to people born in China
and prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers.
• In 1894, the Immigration Restriction League sought
to impose literacy tests to all immigrants.
• Despite all the restrictions to the Chinese and
other immigrants, the rapid industrialization of the
United States would not have been achieved without
the immigrant workers.