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The Page Act of 1875 (Sect. 141, 18 Stat. 477, 3 March 1875) was the first restrictive federal immigration law in the United States, which effectively prohibited the entry of Chinese women, marking the end of open borders. [ 1][ 2] Seven years later, the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act banned immigration by Chinese men as well.
This article includes lists of border crossings, ordered from west to east (north to south for Alaska crossings), along the Canada–United States border. Each port of entry (POE) in the tables below links to an article about that crossing. On the U.S. side, each crossing has a three-letter Port of Entry code.
Borders Group, Inc. (former NYSE ticker symbol BGP) was an American multinational book and music retailer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. In its final year, the company employed about 19,500 people throughout the U.S., primarily in its Borders and Waldenbooks stores. [ 1][ 2] At the beginning of 2010, the company operated 511 ...
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Page orientation is the way in which a rectangular page is oriented for normal viewing. The two most common types of orientation are portrait and landscape. [ 1] The term "portrait orientation" comes from visual art terminology and describes the dimensions used to capture a person's face and upper body in a picture; in such images, the height ...
Most separate segments of land borders between any two countries or territories: Belgium – Netherlands: 31 [ m] Armenia – Azerbaijan: 6 [ g] Belgium – Germany: 6 [ l] Kyrgyzstan – Uzbekistan: 6. Cyprus – Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK): 6 [ t] Oman – United Arab Emirates: 4. Highest number of bordering countries:
Page was founded in 1957 as a housing community for workers and their families during the construction of nearby Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River. Its 17-square-mile (44 km 2) site was obtained in a land exchange with the Navajo Nation. The city is perched atop Manson Mesa at an elevation of 4,300 feet (1,300 m) above sea level and 600 ...
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