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Constitution of the United States Signed
Constitution gives authority over immigration and naturalization of citizens in Congress. -
Naturalization Act
Gave immigrants a longer period before they needed to act on becoming a citizen -
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson opened the door to expand the west. -
Slave Trade Outlawed by Act
Ill-enforced act brought about the end to legally traded slaves in the United States -
Homestead Act
Congress passed the Homestead Act intended to encourage settlement of the west providing free land to settlers and huge tracks of land to railroad companies (support Transcontinental RR). Agricultural colleges also started at this time. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln redefined war goal as ending slavery. Blacks could then be trained as Union soldiers. Afterwards, 25% of soldiers were African American. -
13th Amendment
Constitutional amendment to end slavery. Freedmen's Bureau created to assist under-priviledged. Part of Reconstruciton. -
Arizona Brought into Statehood
Arizona is addmitted into the Union as the 48th state; last of the contiguous states. -
1924 Immigration Act
Restricted the number of immigrants from specific countries. -
The Smith Act
The Smith Act (also known as the Alien Registration Act) required all non-citizen adults that were residents of the United States to register with the government -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Discrimination for any reason was outlawed -
the Hart-Cellar Act (1965 Immigration and Natiionality Act)
This act abolished the formulas used with the Immigration Act of 1924. This Act focused on allowing persons with certain skills and family already inside the Us preferential treatment. -
Immigration Reform and Control Act
This act outlawed the hiring of illegal aliens. -
Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act (SB 1070) Signed into Law
Broadest and most strict anti-illegal immigration law written yet in history. -
Supreme Court Ruling on SB1070
The Supreme Court ruled against the state of Arizona on many of the provisions of SB1070
