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First Native American Reservation
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Federal Government Requires 2 Years Of Residency To Become A Citizen
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Congress Establishes Immigration Reporting
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Maine Is A Free State
Prohibition of Slavery in Territories North of Missouri -
Removal Act
Native Americans Are Forced To Settle In Territories West of the Mississippi River -
Trail of Tears
Native Americans are Forced on a Thousand Mile March to Indian Territory -
Potato Famine
Potato Crops Fail in Ireland and 500,000 Irish People Immigrate to the US -
Mexican-American War
US Gains New Territory -
Gold Rush
California Gold Rush Sparks Immigration From China -
Dred Scott Decision
Black People Are Not Considered US Citizens -
Poland's Religious Conditions Spike Immigration to America
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Homestead Act
Any Individual Regardless of Gender, Ethnicity, or Country of Origin Can Claim 160 Acres of Free Land if They Have Lived There For 5 Years -
Emancipation Proclimation
Slavery is Abolished and African-American Men Can Join the Union Army -
14th Amendment
African Americans Are Now Citizens But Native Americans Cannot Vote -
15th Amendment
African-American Males Can Now Vote -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Immigration of Chinese Laborers is Suspended -
Dawes Act
Many Indian Reservations Are Dissolved -
Plessy v Ferguson
Legalized Segregation -
Dillingham Commission
Mexican Laborers are the Best Solution For the Labor Shortage and Mexican Immigrants are Exempt From the Head Taxes -
California Alien Law
Aliens are Ineligible to Citizenship -
Ozawa v US
First-Generation Japanese Are Ineligible for Citizenship and Cannot Apply for Naturalization -
President Coolidge Grants All Native Americans Full Citizenship
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Executive Order 8802
Forbade Discrimination in Federal Hiring, Job Training Programs, and Defense Industries -
Magnuson Act
Repeals The Chinese Exclusion Act and Makes Chinese Immigrants Eligible for Citizenship -
California Alien Law Violates the 14th Amendment
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Brown v Board of Education
Separate but Equal is Ruled Unconstitutional