History of Immigration to America

I wanted to research about some important events about immigration to America. 

The immigration patterns of people coming to America can be categorized in waves. These waves can occur due a certain group of people migrating, new government regulations, and changes in the American lifestyle. I will organize my research in a timeline format, specific to when certain regions of people starting coming to the United States

1849-1850: The first Irish and German Immigrants come to the United States. They came to escape extreme prejudice and discrimination, with the hope of having religious and personal freedom. 

1880-1891: The Chinese Exclusion Act drastically reduced the number of Asian people coming to the United States. They began coming in the 1850's, due to economic hardships during a civil war. 

1892: Ellis Island opens, helping more that 1 million people immigrate to the United States. 

1907: The Gentleman's agreement was made, which prevented Japanese people from coming to the United States. They came starting in the 1880's.

1917-1924: The Immigration Act of 1917 and 1924 limited the amount of Asian people and general immigrates coming to the area. The acts created a literacy test for people coming into the country, and limited the number of national quotas respectively. 

1942: People from Mexico were used as agricultural workers, to cater to labor shortages happening in World War II. 

1952: The Asian Exclusion Act ended, which allowed more Asians to immigrate to the United States again. 

This researched covered most of the major continents, and highlighted some of the laws that were in place that affected immigration of specific people. I am not sure if we will use all this information, but I know events that increased or decrease immigration of a certain people should be focused on. This will provide context to how long a certain group of people have been in America, and how their collective identity has formed. I will have another blog post from 1950-2020 immigrations patterns, in order to find out more significant events of mass immigration.