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The Nationalization Act of 1790, white people were granted citizenship. It was required that these potential citizens be living in the United States for 2 years or more. -
A census is an official count or survey of the population. The first U.S. census took place August 2nd 1790. The English were the largest ethnic group and 1 in 5 Americans were of African hertiage -
The War of 1812 re-established peace between the United States and Britain. 1815 immigration from the Western Europe escalated exponentially and shifted the demographics of the U.S. 1849 America's first anti-immigrant political party, "Know-Nothing Party" formed due to the abundance of immigrants -
Former slave Dred Scott, sued the executor of his former masters estate in search of becoming a free man due to his master voluntarily taking him into free territory. Based on Article 3 of the Constitution of limitation of state and national citizenship to any African manor woman or slave descendant, his attempt to be classified free was denied -
President Lincoln ordered that slaves be freed in the Confederate States -
The Thirteenth Amendment was passed by Congress to abolish slavery in the U.S. This amendment abolished slavery but did not grant full citizenship rights to enslaved people. -
After the Civil War, white-dominated governments restricted the rights of former slaves through discriminatory laws named "Black Codes". The Republications passed the Civil Rights Act in 1866, by combating the "Black Codes". -
This ratification of the fourteenth amendment granted citizenship to all born or naturalized in the united States, which also granted citizenship to formally enslaved people and equal protection. This included, black people who were born in the U.S., both men and women, and U.S. born children of immigrants -
Mass number of Italians immigrated to America for work or to learn trades -
Rapid growth of industrialization and urbanization took place. Over a 40 year span more than 20 million immigrants arrived and majority of them were Chinese. Chinese laborers became successful, White workers blamed the Chinese immigrants for low wages. Chinese Exclusion Act passed to ban Chinese immigrants to enter America -
The Immigration Act of 1891, explains who can enter the United States. If immigrants were polygamists, convicted felon, sick or diseased they could not enter. January 1892, the first immigration station opened in New York Harbor, "Ellis Island", allowing 12 million immigrants to enter the U.S. between 1892-1954. -
Four additional classes added to the Immigration Act of 1891. The classes that were eligible for deportation were anarchists, individuals caught/associated with importing prostitutes, beggars, and individuals with epilepsy or frequent seizures -
All non-citizen Indians born within territorial limits of the U.S. declared to be citizens of the United States -
Limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through national origins quota