Major Events

Chapter 25 · 1880–1896

Surge of "New Immigration" from southern and eastern Europe begins

1880

Chinese Exclusion Act passed

1882

American Protective Association founded

1887

Jane Addams founds Hull House

1889

Jacob Riis publishes "How the Other Half Lives"

1890

Ellis Island opens as a federal immigration station

1892

Booker T. Washington delivers the Atlanta Compromise speech

1895

Plessy v. Ferguson upholds "separate but equal"

1896