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Gave citizenship to former slaves (African Americans). It overruled the Dred Scott v. Sanford Supreme Court ruling. "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
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Was a United States federal law that created a system for naturilzating people. Also created penalties for fraudulent practices.
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Prohibited the entry of "undesireable" immigrants. "Undersireables" were those from Asia.
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The United States suspended Chinese immigration that was intended to last for ten years.
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Established a Commissioner of Immigration in the Treasury Department.
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Aslo known as the "Anarchist Exclusion Act", the Immigration act of 1903 was a law of the United States regulating immigration.
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Signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt, it revised the law from 1870 and required immigrants to learn English in order to become naturalized citizens.
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An informal agreement between the U.S. Japan. The U.S agreed that it would not impose restrictions on Japanese immigration and Japan would not allow further emigration to the U.S. The goal was to reduce tensions between the two powerful nations.
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A United States federal law that regulated the number of incoming immigrants per year. It stated that only 3% of the number of people already in the US would be allowed into the country.
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A United States federal law that regulated the number of incoming immigrants per year. It replaced the Emergency Quota Act of 1921. It stated that only 2% of the number of people already in the US would be allowed into the country.
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Provided for self-government of the Philippines and for Filipino independence from the United States after a period of ten years.
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An agreement between the U.S. and Mexican governments that permitted Mexican citizens to take temporary agricultural work in the United States.
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Also known as the McCarran–Walter Act, the act governs immigration and citizenship into the United States
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This Act abolsihed the Emergency Quota Act. It focused on immigrants' skills and family relationships with citizens or U.S. residents.
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This act required employers to attest to their employees' immigration status, made it illegal for them to knowingly hire unauthorized immigrants. Also, it legalized certain seasonal agricultural illegal immigrants, and legalized illegal immigrants who entered the United States before January 1, 1982.
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States that immigrants illegally present in the United States for 180 days, but less than 365 days, must remain outside the United States for three years unless they obtain a pardon.
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Act of Congress that modified U.S. federal law pertaining to security, authentication, and issuance procedures standards for the state driver's licenses and identification (ID) cards, as well as various immigration issues pertaining to terrorism.
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Provided a permanent and systematic procedure for the admission to the United States for refugees and to provide comprehensive provisions for the effective resettlement of them.
