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Constitution gives authority over immigration and naturalization of citizens in Congress.
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Gave immigrants a longer period before they needed to act on becoming a citizen
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Jefferson opened the door to expand the west.
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Ill-enforced act brought about the end to legally traded slaves in the United States
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Congress passed the Homestead Act intended to encourage settlement of the west providing free land to settlers and huge tracks of land to railroad companies (support Transcontinental RR). Agricultural colleges also started at this time.
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Lincoln redefined war goal as ending slavery. Blacks could then be trained as Union soldiers. Afterwards, 25% of soldiers were African American.
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Constitutional amendment to end slavery. Freedmen's Bureau created to assist under-priviledged. Part of Reconstruciton.
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Arizona is addmitted into the Union as the 48th state; last of the contiguous states.
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Restricted the number of immigrants from specific countries.
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The Smith Act (also known as the Alien Registration Act) required all non-citizen adults that were residents of the United States to register with the government
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Discrimination for any reason was outlawed
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This act abolished the formulas used with the Immigration Act of 1924. This Act focused on allowing persons with certain skills and family already inside the Us preferential treatment.
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This act outlawed the hiring of illegal aliens.
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Broadest and most strict anti-illegal immigration law written yet in history.
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The Supreme Court ruled against the state of Arizona on many of the provisions of SB1070
