Italian migration to the Americas (1880–1920)

1. Italian mass emigration accelerates toward the Americas

   Jan 1, 1880Labels: Steamship travel, Mass emigration

   • bpb Italy
   • Italian diaspora

2. U.S. immigration inspection system expands federally

   Mar 3, 1891Labels: U S, Federal inspectors

   • CBP History
   • Immig Act 1891

3. Ellis Island opens as a federal entry station

   Jan 1, 1892Labels: Ellis Island, New York

   • History com
   • Ellis Island

4. Italy creates a national Commissariat of Emigration

   Jan 31, 1901Labels: Commissariat of, Italian government

   • 1901 Italy
   • bpb Italy

5. Banco di Napoli begins protecting emigrant remittances

   Feb 1, 1901Labels: Banco di, Remittances

   • Intesa Archive

6. Prinetti Decree restricts subsidized emigration to Brazil

   Mar 26, 1902Labels: Prinetti Decree, Brazil coffee

   • Prinetti Decree
   • Immigration Brazil

7. Ellis Island reaches peak processing during mass migration

   Jan 1, 1907Labels: Ellis Island, 1907 peak

   • History com
   • TIME Ellis

8. U.S. Immigration Act creates the Dillingham Commission

   Feb 20, 1907Labels: Dillingham Commission, U S

   • Immig Act 1907
   • ImmigrationHistory

9. Italian arrivals shape Argentina’s “age of mass immigration”

   Jan 1, 1910Labels: Argentina, Italian communities

   • bpb Argentina
   • UBC Argentina

10. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire exposes immigrant labor risks

    Mar 25, 1911Labels: Triangle Shirtwaist, Garment workers

    • Triangle Fire
    • Gilder Lehrman

11. Italian emigration reaches its prewar high point

    Jan 1, 1913Labels: 1913 peak, Italian emigration

    • Italian diaspora
    • 1913 Italy

12. World War I disrupts transatlantic migration flows

    Jul 28, 1914Labels: World War, Maritime disruption

    • bpb Italy
    • Immigration Brazil

13. U.S. Immigration Act adds literacy test and barred zones

    Feb 5, 1917Labels: Immigration Act, Literacy test

    • Immig Act 1917
    • Densho

14. Emergency Quota Act begins nationality quotas in the U.S.

    May 19, 1921Labels: Emergency Quota, Nationality quotas

    • Quota Law 1921
    • Quota Act

15. Immigration Act of 1924 sharply cuts Italian entry to U.S.

    May 26, 1924Labels: Immigration Act, Visa requirement

    • Migration Policy
    • Immig Act 1924