17th - 19th Century: Pre 1800, Northern Europe & Western Europe (England & Ireland, Germany), Africa, Forced migration, Religious Freedom & Economic Opportunities , , Early 19th Century: 1840s - 1850s, Ireland, China, Potato Famine, Economic Opportunities - Gold Rush or jobs building RR, , Late 19th century: 1880s - 1890s, Southern & Eastern Europe and Russia, Economic Opportunities - factories in the US, , 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act - virtually stops Asian Immigration, Early 20th Century: 1900 - 1920 , Mexicans, Russians, Jews, Armenians, Escaping violence, revolutions, and corrupt governments , , Early to Mid 20th Century: 1921 - 1945, Lack of Immigration, US Isolationism & Quota Laws, Great Depression, World War II, Mid to Late 20th Century: 1960s - 1970s , President Johnson removed Immigration quotas, escaping violence in Asia, , Late 20th Century: 1980s - 2000s, Latin America, especially Mexico & Africa, escaping violence, persecution, but mainly economic opportunities, , 21st Century: 2010 - Present Day, India, China, Mexico, graduate school, tech & engineering jobs, Syrian & Afghanistan refugees, ,

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