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After Congress passed the removal act in 1830 they were forced on a march of thousands of miles to established Indian territory. Many Native Americans succumbed to death.
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Almost 500,000 Irish immigrated to the U.S. due to the famine
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The U.S. wins the war acquiring the territory and it's citizens
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Scott, who was a former slave, sued his former master in federal courts under the determination he had become a free slave because his master voluntarily took him to a free slave state.
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"allows for any individual, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or country of origin, over the age of 21 or head of household to claim up to 160 acres of free land if they have lived on it for five years and made the required agricultural improvements"
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All persons born or naturalized in the United States were declared citizens of the US and the states they resided.
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Allows African Americans to be citizens
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The end of this war saw the U.S acquiring Puerto Rico and Guam and their citizens
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The U.S. enters into the war, posing a lot of hatred towards Germans
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President Coolidge signed a law into affect granting Native Americans their citizenship
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Due to national security risks Japanese were round up and incarcerated, and treated harshly
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This act allows Chinese immigrants eligibility for citizenship
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Supreme Court rules "separate but equal," educational facilities are unconstitutional.
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Legalizes all illegal aliens living in the U.S since 1982