Curated OER
Senate Debate on Scientific Racism
Students analyze the arguments around scientific racism. They collect data on the views of eugenicists and its opponents.
Curated OER
Government Lesson Plan: Lesson Plan 6
Students examine legislation on immigration policies. They discuss current immigration laws, read a handout, complete a chart, and answer discussion questions.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: William Mc Kinley's First Inaugural Address
Read William McKinley's first inaugural address, which focused primarily on the economy, the nation's debt, and tariffs. In addition, he expresses the need for further civil service reforms.
Other
Hstry: A History of Immigration in the Usa
This timeline looks at the immigration policies and associated rules put in place, from the forefathers' first steps to the challenges faced in today's globalized world.
Other
U.s. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Get the facts directly from the United States government organization for immigration. This site also includes links to related news releases.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Responses to Immigration in the Gilded Age
This practice exercise from Khan Academy covers Period 6: 1865-1898 in American History. The responses to mass immigration to the United States during the Gilded Age is reviewed in this resource. This resource is designed as a review for...
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: Immigration and Migration: Timeline and Terms
[Free Registration/Login Required] An interactive look at court cases that deal with the rights of immigrants between 1876 and 1901.
Other
Breakthrough: Iced (I Can End Deportation)
Pretend you are an immigrant teenager and see how much you know about becoming a United States citizen. Play this online video game and see if you can make the right choices to avoid deportation by experiencing first hand what a...
Other
Desk Reference to u.s. Commercial Immigration
This is an overview of immigration issues employers are more than likely going to face. This summary is very broad and does not cover all aspects of each issue.
Other
Immigration Links
This guide covers news, research, services and more regarding immigration in the United States.
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota: Eugenics, Race, & Immigration Restriction
This resource consists of primary documents about the international eugenics movements in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Its goal is to show how eugenics influenced immigration laws and how eugenics theories and policies...
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Jeff Turner, "Mormonism, 'Asiatic' Polygamy, and Immigration Regulation"
This article focuses on immigration bans in American history including Teddy Roosevelt's ban on "anybody who believed in polygamy, promoted polygamy, or lived in a country that practiced polygamy." It discusses the Mormons and the Chinese.
University of Minnesota
Univerisity of Minnesota: Immigration Syllabus: Weeks 3 6
Syllabus for Week 3: Global Migrations, 1830-1930 Syllabus: Week 4: Historical Origins of Contemporary Nativism and Xenophobia. Syllabus: Week 5: Mass Migration and the Rise of Federal Immigration Law, and Week 6: The Closed Gate...
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first significant law to restrict immigration to the United States and banned the immigration of unskilled laborers from China for 10 years from 1882 to 1892, but was then extended by the 1892 Geary Act...
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Us Immigration Laws
Provides a timeline, facts, and information about the history of US Immigration Laws with a description of the dates and the purpose of each of the US Immigration laws.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Immigration Act of 1882
Learn about this comprehensive immigration law that was passed to limit immigration based on excluding certain kinds of people who were deemed "undesirable".