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Nationality Act of 1790
Free white male property owners -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Ended the Mexican-American War.Gave parts of present-day Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, to the United States and granted citizenship to the people living there (i.e. Mexicans) -
14th Amendment
Gave all persons (i.e. African Americans) born within the US their citizenship -
25 us code 182
Law passed that any American Indian woman who marries an American white man will gain their US citizenship through that marriage. -
United States v. Wong Kim Ark
Any person born in the US is declared a US citizen regardless of race -
Married women
1790-1906 - Any woman married to a US citizen would be granted their own citizenship -
Puerto Ricans
Jones Act - Gave Puerto Ricans the choice to be US citizens. -
Citizenship Act of 1919
Act that gave American Indian male WWI veterans citizenship -
Cable Act of 1922
Gave women who married non-citizens their citizenship back along with all unmarried women -
Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
This act gave American Indians that were born within the US their citizenship -
Nationality Act of 1940
The law reserved naturalization for white individuals, individuals of African descent, and individuals of Native American descent. Individuals from the Philippines who had served in the United States military were also included in the law as eligible for naturalization. The law also retroactively conferred citizenship upon individuals born in Puerto Rico after April 11, 1899, who were residing within Puerto Rico or another U.S. territory on the date the law was enacted. -
American Samoans
U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Utah ruled that the 14th Amendment applied to American Samoa