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American Revolution
Atlantic Slave Trade
American Revolution
Creation and Ratification of the U.S. Constitution
French Revolution
Turning Point: Naturalization Act
Haitian Revolution
Opium Wars in China
Irish Potato Famine
Mexican-American War
Revolutions of 1848
American Civil War
Pogroms in Russian Empire
Turning Point: Chinese Exclusion Act
Scott Act
First Sino-Japanese War
Spanish-American War
Second Boer War
Philippine-American War
Gentlemen's Agreement
Mexican Revolution
World War I
Armenian Genocide
Russian Revolution
Immigration Act of 1917
Emergency Quota Act
Turning Point: Johnson-Reed Act
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The Holocaust
Spanish Civil War
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II
Emergency Rescue Committee Formed
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
Bracero Agreement
Executive Order 9066
Magnuson Act
Cold War
Turning Point: Displaced Persons Act
Israel Founded
Arab-Israeli War
Korean War
Khmer Rouge
McCarran-Walter Act
Cuban Revolution
Vietnam War
Moroccan Independence
Year of Independence for Many African Countries
Angolan War for Independence
British Hong Kong
Turning Point: Hart-Celler Act
Refugee Act
Iran-Iraq War
Diversity Visa Program
Bosnian War
Second Liberian Civil War
9/11 Terrorist Attack
USA Patriot Act
War in Afghanistan
U.S. Iraq War
Sudanese Refugee Crisis
Somalian Refugee Crisis
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Adopts Performance-Based National Detention Standards
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Syrian Refugee Crisis
Central American Refugee Crisis
Rohingyan Refugee Crisis
Trump Administration slashes refugee allowance cap
Trump Administration Closes Border to Asylum-Seekers during Global Pandemic
Biden adminitration raises refugee cap
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