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The Naturalization Act of 1790 established the uniform rule of naturalization as well as a two-year requirement of residency for all aliens that are "free white persons" with "good moral character".
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President John Adams, who was a member of the Federalist party, increased the two-year residency requirement to 14 years. He did this out of fear that immigrants would belong to the Republican party..
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The Jefferson Administration reduces the 14 year residency requirement in the Naturalization Act of 1798 to five years.
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The Mexican-American War ends with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidlago and extends citizenship to about 80,000 Mexicans living in California, Texas, and the southwest.
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The California Gold Rush causes immigration from China to the United States.
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For the first time, the United States conducted and surveyed the amount of citizens who were born inside and outside of the country.
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It provided free plots of westerm land, which could span up to 160 acres, to settlers who would agree to live on and develop it for at least five years. This caused immigrants living in over populated countries to move to the U.S. in hopes of owning their own land.
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Expands citizenship to both whites and African-Americans.
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Granted voting rights to men regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
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Restricted all Chinese immigration to the United States for 10 years.
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Prohibits any company or individual from brining aliens to the U.S. under contract of labor.
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Declared that an American woman who marries a forgeiner will lose her citizenship.
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The first red scare leads to the idea that people of a certain race or religion could be seen as communists living in the U,S.
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Border Patrol is created to prevent smuggling and illegal immigration.
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Requires the fingerprints and registration of all aliens in the U.S. who are over the age of 14.
