CW #28: Civil Rights and Citizenship
(Use a Separate Sheet of Paper)
Read pp. 608-612
As you read the section, create a timeline of events dealing with civil rights. For each date, you
need to list legislation or a Supreme Court case and explain its significance.
1. 1964
1968
1978
1979
1980
1987
1989
1989
1995
1996
Read pp. 613-618
2.
a. Why did Congress not make serious attempts to regulate immigration prior to 1890?
b. What changes in the 1880s led to a different attitude towards immigration?
3. Which groups of people were barred from entry between the 1880s and 1917?
4. What was the purpose of the Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924, and the National Origin
Act of 1929?
5. What was the purpose of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952?
6. What were the provisions of the following laws?
a. Immigration Act of 1965
b. Immigration Act of 1990?
c. Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
d. Illegal Immigration Restrictions Act of 1996
7. On what grounds may an alien be deported?