In 1875 the U.S. government issued this landmark attempt to limit the immigration of "undesirables."

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The Page Law of 1875 was the first federal law to restrict immigration based on race and nationality, primarily targeting Chinese women who were deemed to be prostitutes or likely to engage in prostitution in the United States. It prohibited the entry of immigrants considered "undesirable," including those convicted of crimes and those likely to become public charges. The Dawes Act of 1887 was a law that sought to assimilate Native Americans into American culture by breaking up their reservations and distributing land to individual tribal members. The Chinese Immigration Act of 1882 was the first law to restrict immigration based on a specific nationality. The Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 was an informal agreement between the United States and Japan that restricted Japanese immigration to the United States.