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Immigration in Perspective: The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
On June 25, 2012 the nine justices of the United States Supreme Court decided to uphold the central component of Arizona’s 2010 immigration statute—its so-called “‘show me your papers’ provision.”1...
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A People Inflamed, a City on Fire: The New York City Draft Riots of 1863
On July 13, 1863, the deadly and destructive Draft Riots, the largest civil disturbance in the nation’s history, shook New York City. Despite its name, the newly passed Conscription Act (1863), which...
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As American cities industrialized throughout the nineteenth century, infectious diseases emerged as a real threat. The introduction of new immigrants and the growth of large urban areas allowed...
View ArticleFatal Potatoes: The Nineteenth-Century Irish Potato Famine
Beginning in 1845, a potato famine ravaged Ireland’s agricultural landscape and devastated the Irish people. When potato blight started destroying Ireland’s primary subsistence crop in 1845, it quickly...
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