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Ellis Island opened
Fifteen-year-old Annie Moore of Ireland became the first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island.
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Foran Act
The Foran Act prohibited contract labor by which employers enticed foreigners willing to work for low wages to come to the United States.
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Tacoma Anti-Chinese Riot
In Tacoma, Washington, the mayor and police department led a riot to drive Chinese from the city.
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Seattle Anti-Chinese Riot
An anti-Chinese riot in Seattle drove most Chinese from the city.
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Oklahoma land run
Oklahoma was opened to white settlers in the territory’s first “land run.” Settlers raced to claim up to 160 acres each of unsettled land.
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Rock Springs Massacre
In Rock Springs, Wyoming, white miners perpetrated a massacre of Chinese workers. Bitter over increasing Chinese immigration and labor, the white miners destroyed Chinese homes, killed twenty-eight men, and drove hundreds of others from the town.
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Yick Wo v. Hopkins
In Yick Wo v. Hopkins, the Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to apply race-neutral legislation discriminatorily against a specific race. The Court stated that “subjects of the Emperor of China who have the right to temporarily or permanently reside within the United States, are entitled to enjoy the protection guaranteed by the Constitution and afforded by the laws.”
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How the Other Half Lives published
Jacob Riis’s book How the Other Half Lives documented living conditions among immigrants in New York City.
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2,812,191 immigrants arrived
More than 2,812,191 immigrants arrived in the United States, primarily from Europe, between 1871 and 1880.