Provide a date and a meaningful description of each of the events listed. Be sure to identify the importance of each event to the history of immigration in the United States. Note that the events are not in the correct chronological order. You will organize these events in the next step. As you conduct your research, please provide the citation information for any sources you rely on.
Events
1.Cuban Revolution
2. ¨Salad Bowl¨ Term Introduced
3. Great Depression
4. September 11, 2001
5. Immigration Reform and Control Act 1986
6. Executive order initiates parts of DREAM Act
7. Japanese internment
8. Nativism
9. Comprehensive Reform Act of 2007
10. Great Irish Famine
11. Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
12. Arizona v. United States
13. Chinese Exclusion Act
14. Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act
15. "Melting Pot" term comes into general usage
16. Emergency Quota Act
17. Ellis Island opens
18. Anti-German sentiment during World War I

the expansion of the rule of empires over other territories took place as a result of several reasons including economic, ethnocentric, political, and religious, and exploratory purposes.

in terms of economic purposes: imperial governments aimed to maximize profits and with that purpose they neeeded cheap labor, access to or control of markets to sell or buy products. they also desired to find natural resources (precious metals and land). in the awake of   industrial revolution, dependent colonies provided the necessary raw materials that european factories and market needed to manufacture products.  

ethnocentric: many territories were conquered by imperial territories in an attempt to spread their cultures, values and belief as they considered them to be superior. in the late 19th century, for example, european powers held   the racist belief that inferior races should be conquered in order to “civilize” them.

political: another reason that drove conquer and expansion was patriotism and growing imperial power. it refers to national prestige, pride, and security. empires sought strategic territory to ensure access for their navies and armies around the world.

religious: the aim of converting new member of other religions was another factor that prompted expansion.   christian missionaries from europe established churches in conquered territories during the nineteenth century. thus, they spread western cultural values. furthermore, the imperial nation’s language was spread as well, through educational and religious interactions.

exploratory: imperial nations or their citizens aimed to explore territory that was unknown to them,   for different purposes including medical or scientific research, however, at the very   beginning, they did it to embark on adventure. furthermore, imperial explorers sought to discover, map, and claim territory before their imperial competition did, for national and personal glory as well as to realize the imperialist goal of expansion.

d: social contract theory