Liberian immigration

Liberia traditionally was not an important source country for immigration to North America; however, political turmoil during the 1990s and into the 21st century and the region’s special relationship to the United States led to a significant increase in immigration.

Lithuanian immigration

Lithuanian immigration to North America, spurred by economic opportunity and political oppression, has been the largest among the Baltic states.

Los Angeles, California

With a population of 16,373,645 at the turn of the 21st century, the Los Angeles metropolitan area was second only to the New York metropolitan area in size.

Louisiana

The watershed and mouth of the Missouri-Mississippi River system became known as Louisiana and was from the earliest days of discovery considered strategically important by many European nations.

Sir John Alexander Macdonald (1815–1891) politician

Macedonian immigration

According to the U.S. census of 2000 and the Canadian census of 2001, 38,051 Americans and 31,265 Canadians claimed Macedonian descent.

Mafia

The mafia, a loose collection of Italian crime organizations, entered the United States from Italy during the last half of the 19th century.

Manifest of Immigrants Act (United States) (1819)

The Manifest of Immigrants Act was the first piece of U.S. legislation regulating the transportation of migrants to and from America and the first measure requiring that immigration statistics be kept.

Mann Act (United States) (1910)

Usually characterized as a kind of purity legislation against the interstate transportation of women for prostitution or “other immoral purposes,” the Mann Act was equally aimed at the increasing number of immigrants, averaging almost 900,000 per year in the first decade of the 20th century.

Mariel Boatlift

The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 marked the beginning of the third great wave of CUBAN IMMIGRATION to the United States.

Maryland colony

Maryland was the sixth English colony established on the North American mainland (1634).

Massachusetts colony

Massachusetts was first settled by English Pilgrims...

McCarran-Walter Act (Immigration and Nationality Act) (United States) (1952)

The McCarran-Walter Act was an attempt to deal systematically with the concurrent cold war threat of communist expansion and the worldwide movement of peoples in the wake of World War II (1939–45).

Mennonite immigration

Old Order Mennonites were one of the few immigrant groups to maintain their distinctive identity across more than three or four generations after coming to North America.

Mexican immigration

Mexicans hold a unique position in the cultural history of the United States.