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Grants United States citizenship by naturalization, at least two years of residency to free white men. -
It Granted citizenship to anyone who lived in the annexed territory after the Mexican-American war. -
Granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized" in the United States, including former slaves. -
It extended citizenship to former slaves not born in the United States and denied citizenship to other immigrant groups. -
Outright denied Chinese immigration. based on race or ethnicity and therefore denying citizenship for 10 years. -
It was ruled that Native Americans were not to be included in the 14th Amendment and therefore were not granted citizenship by being born in the United States. -
They ruled 6 to 2 that any child born in the United States, regardless of race or ethnicity or parents' citizenship status, is a United States citizen. -
Women acquired citizenship through their husbands, but if their husbands were noncitizenships, that right was stripped away. Essentially their citizenship would morph into their husbands. -
They granted Puerto Ricans citizenship after the United States acquired Puerto Rico as a territory in 1898. -
Legal proceeding that would deem Asians ineligible for naturalization because they were not racially white. -
This act would reverse the expatriation act and would grant women independent citizenship. -
This act would grant citizenship to all Native Americans born in the United States. -
This act would allow 100 Filipinos and 100 Indians to migrate to the United States during wartime and with a chance to naturalize as American Citizens. Undermining the Asian exclusion at the time. -
This act would not provide citizenship to Anti-Communist Cubans but rather a permanent status in the United States and help them adjust to the country. -
This act would allow, foreign-born, biological, or adopted children of a U.S citizens to gain citizenship if they met certain requirements. -
United States Immigration Policy does not grant citizenship to children of immigrants that were brought to the U.S. very little but provides them with work authorization and protects them from deportation. -
This form would allow U.S. citizens to request residency for immediate relatives, like their parents. This form would also allow these residents to apply for naturalization after five years of becoming residents and therefore become citizens of the United States.