CAUSE |
SELECT |
EFFECT |
SECONDARY EFFECT |
1815 — The first great
wave of immigration begins. |
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1846 — The potato famine
in Ireland |
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1862 — Congress passes
the Homestead Act which grants citizens 160 acres of land in the west. |
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1897 —
Pine-frame buildings on Ellis Island are burned to the ground in a disastrous
fire. |
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1910 — The Mexican Revolution |
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1914-18 — World War
I |
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1921 — An immigration
law is passed that limits the number of immigrants from each country. |
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1954—Mass immigration
to America ends. |
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