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Signing the Declaration of Independence protected the England's limit of naturalization of foreigners in the colonies (American History, N.D). This allowed the colonies to gain independence and freedom from England.
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It was the first law to be created. This law defined and allowed for citizenship (American History, N.D). The law was created because it was to "free white people", it allowed only white property owners to acquire the status of being a citizen. All women and nonwhite people were excluded from this
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In this treaty it extended citizenship to all that inhabited living in the territory that was annexed to the United Stated following the Mexican War.
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The 13th amendment abolishes all slavery. But, it did not grant all previously enslaved persons the full rights of citizenship, but it did allow them to be freed.
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In the 14th Amendment it granted that all who were born or naturalized in the United States to be citizens. They were also guaranteed the "equal protection of the laws."
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The act made it "illegal to knowingly hire individuals unauthorized to work in the United States" (Ballotpedia, N.D). A system was established to verify the legal status of all employees.
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This act extended naturalization rights to all former African Slaves that were not born in the United States, but Asian immigrants were excluded from this citizenship (American History, N.D).
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In the Chinese Exclusion Act it made all Chinese immigrants excluded from entering the U.S, therefore not giving them the opportunity or the option to become citizens.
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The U.S Supreme Court ruled that any child born in the United States, despite their parents current citizenship status or their race be granted American citizenship (American History, N.D).
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This act granted U.S citizenship to the residents of Puerto Rico.
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This amendment guaranteed that all American women had the right to vote. After nearly a decade women were finally granted the right to vote. This was a difficult and lengthy struggle to achieve for women in America.
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The act was approved in June of 1924. The act granted citizenship to any Native Americans that were born within the United States. They were still denied voting rights by the individual state or the local laws (National Archives, N.D)
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The Alien Registration Act required that all non-citizen adults to register with the government. It empowered the president to deport foreigners if they were being a security risk or suspected of espionage (American History, N.D).
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The order was created by President Franklin Roosevelt. Roosevelt said that there will be an "evacuation of all persons deemed a threat to national security from the West Coast to relocation centers further inland" (National Archives, N.D). This affected specifically the Japanese, thousands had to be relocated and were sent off to assembly centers (National Archives, N.D).
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The act prohibited "discriminated on the basis of race, color, region, sex, or national origin" (DOL, N.D). The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was our nations benchmark for civil rights legislation, which continues to resonate here in America.
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In the USA Patriot act its purpose was to "is to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world" (Fincen, N.D).