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First statute that says after two years of residency, free white persons of good moral character become citizens. -
Laws enacted to deport immigrants deemed dangerous in turn making it harder for foreigners to vote. Intended to stop criticism from the federal government. -
Act prohibited the importation of slaves from foreign countries into the United States. -
Act that authorized Native Americans to be removed from their desirable land, and to be relocated westward. -
Treaty which brought an end to the Mexican-American War, gave Mexicans the right to remain in the United States or return to Mexico. -
California Supreme Court ruled that Chinese immigrants had no right to testify against a white citizen. -
Supreme Court ruled that freed African Americans were not citizens and did not qualify for the rights and privileges of citizenship. -
Proclamation that freed the slaves of the Confederate states engaged in rebellion against the Union. -
Guaranteed citizenship to all person born in the United States, including slaves. Granted equal protection of the laws. Clause excluding Indians not taxed the right to vote. -
Right to vote cannot be denied based on race or color.
African-American males granted the right to vote. -
Suspended immigration for Chinese workers. Attempt to curb the amount of Chinese immigrants in the United States. -
Act that enabled Congress to allot reservation lands and Native Americans would recive citizenship rights. -
Ruling that states equal protection established in the 14th Amendment that sergregation was legal and facilities could be "separate but equal" . -
Decision by the Supreme Court that states that any child born in the United States with parents of Chinese descent is a citizen by birth. -
Legally granted the right for American women to vote. -
Act that prevented immigration from Asia and set quotas on the number of immigrants from Southern Europe. -
Act granted US citizenship to Native Americans, but did not ensure them the right to vote. -
Limited Mexican immigration. Unlawful entry into the United States led to a misdemeanor, and after deportation and re-entry a felony.
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Order in which Japanese-Americans were eventually forced into concentration camps. -
Act in which it permitted Chinese immigration. Allowed Chinese immigrants already in the United States to become citizens -
Act that allows asslylum to the United States for refugees from Europe via a visa. -
Act that allows all races to be eligible for naturalization. Also tightens the security and screening procedures. -
Act that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, and religion in employment, education, and other public facilities. -
Enacted to revise immigration laws and was an attempt to control illegal immigration in the United States.