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Empowered states to determine citizenship and naturalization (gcir, 2023). -
Citizenship was limited to free whites, who had resided in the U.S for at least 2 years. They had to be of good moral character (gcir, 2023) -
Congress increased the residency period for citizenship from two years to five years (gcir, 2023) -
Denied U.S citizenship to Indigenous Americans (gcir, 2023) -
Judges would expedite free naturalization documents for German and Irish immigrants in exchange for votes (gcir, 2023) -
Mexicans in the claimed states were given U.S citizenship if they chose to stay. Approximately 100,000 Mexicans became U.S citizens but they didn't have all of the same rights as white citizens (gcir, 2023) -
The Supreme Court ruled that a former slave was not a U.S citizen. Therefore, African Americans were not U.S citizens. -
Established birthright citizenship and made it illegal to discriminate on the basis of race, except Indigenous Americans (gcir, 2023) -
Citizenship to everyone who was born in the U.S, except Indigenous Americans. Also, it did not protect the right to vote, sit on juries, hold office, or equal rights (gcir, 2023) -
Extended naturalization rights to people of African descent. It denied these rights to other minorities, especially Asians (gcir, 2023) -
Made individuals from Chinese descent ineligible for U.S citizenship (gcir, 2023) -
U.S citizenship for Indigenous Americans who received land through this act (gcir, 2023). -
Most indigenous women who married white U.S citizens were granted U.S citizenship (gcir, 2023). -
Any child born in the U.S is a citizen regardless of their parents' citizen status (gcir, 2023) -
At the end of the Spanish- American war, Filipinos, Guamanians, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans were given natural status, which is a status between citizen and non-citizen (gcir, 2023). -
U.S born women could lose their citizenship if they married a non-citizen (gcir, 2023). -
Granted limited U.S citizenship to Puerto Ricans (gcir, 2023). -
Indigenous WWI veterans could become citizens (gcir, 2023). -
The U.S government revoke the citizenship of individuals of Indian descent. They also revoked the citizenship of felons, traitors, war criminals and alleged communists (gcir, 2023). -
Native Americans were given U.S citizenship, however some states did not give them the right to vote (gcir, 2023). -
All Virgin Islanders obtained U.S citizenship, but they did not gain the right to vote (gcir, 2023). -
Children born outside of the U.S to U.S citizen mothers could claim U.S citizenship (gcir, 2023). -
Women couldn't lose their citizenship based on who they married (gcir, 2023). -
Gave U.S citizenship to Guamanians, but they couldn't vote (gcir, 2023). -
Asians could now become naturalized citizens. Race is no longer a factor (gcir, 2023). -
Anyone who resided in the U.S before Jan. 1, 1982, was given U.S citizenship (gcir, 2023).