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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| US immigration | Peak 1: 1840s and 1850s- Irish Potato Famine & German unification Peak 3: 1905-1914- increase in number of S. & E. European - 1 M per year many Italians escape political & economic instability & Jews escaping persecution |
| US immigration policies | (1880-1986) |
| Chinese exclusion act | 1882- prohibited Chinese immigrants from entering the US |
| ]Emergency Quota Act- | 1921-imposed quotas based on the country of birth |
| National Origins Act | 1924- prohibited Asian immigrants |
| Immigration & Nationality Act | 1965- ended all quotas and allowed large scale immigration |
| Immigration Reform and Control Act | 1186- issued visas to all seven hundred thousand people who entered the US illegally |
| Immigration to Europe | 1960s- -Germany and France faced labor shortages and allowed many migrants to come as “guest workers” Many guest workers stay… leads to chain migration Muslims have recently moved to Europe from former European colonies (in Africa or Middle East) |
| guest workers | Citizen of a poor country permitted to work in a country on temporary basis |
| impact of EU migration | Free movement of labor, goods and capital |
| the European union | Economic integration of 27 member European nations |
| braind drain | large scale emigration of talented and educated people |
| Remittances | Money migrants send back to family in home country People in India received the most remittances in 2017 with $69 billion |