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The Naturalization Act of 1790 was the first time that people could apply for American Citizenship. To be accepted as a citizen it was required that you were a white person of good character, and have had lived in the United States for 2 years.
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In the end of the Mexican-American War, The United States claimed territory of a large portion of Northern Mexico. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo allowed Mexicans staying in the annexed territory to be accepted as American citizens.
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In the Supreme Court Case Dred Scott v. Stanford, it was ruled that free African Americans and slaves were U.S. citizens, and did not have rights of a citizen.
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The 14th amendment granted citizenship for anyone born in the United States, including African Americans and slaves.
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The Naturalization Act of 1870 allowed more rights to immigrants from Africa, but denied rights to other immigrants of color.
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The Chinese Exclusion Act was a ban on the import of Chinese immigrants, thus denying them American Citizenship
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This was a Supreme Court case ruling that the 14th Amendment did not apply to Native Americans, and that they did not gain citizenship by birthright.
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At this time, women born in the United States assumed citizenship of their husbands. The Expatriation Act of 1907, allowed women who married noncitizen immigrants to have their citizenship revoked,
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The Jones-Shafroth Act allowed citizenship for Puerto Ricans after the land was claimed as a United States territory
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This act restored citizenship of women who had it revoked due to the Expatriation Act of 1907.
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The Act allowed all US born Native Americans United States citizenship.
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This act ended racial restrictions on immigration and citizenship.