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This document protested the nationalization of foreigners in colonies
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Granted Citizenship to all free white persons
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Granted citizenship to inhabitants of territories annexed from Mexico
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Abolished slavery, though did not give full citizenship rights to former slaves
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Grants citizenship to all people born or nationalized in the United States
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Grants naturalization rights to former African slaves, but excludes Asian immigrants
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First law to ban immigration based on race or nationality
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Granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the United States
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Repealed Chinese Exclusion act, allowing Chinese immigrants to become citizens
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Ends racial restrictions on citizenship
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Abolished the national origins quota system