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The Alien Naturalization Act is ratified
Naturalization Act of 1790 restricted citizenship to "any alien, being a free white person" who had been in the U.S. for two years. In effect, it left out indentured servants, slaves, and most women. -
Congress minimized Naturalization Residency Requirements to 5 years.
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The Steerage Act
First significant federal legislation on immigration. The United States Congress passed an act Regulating passenger-ships and vessels, the legislative branch of the United States Government doubtless had in mind a first step toward reforming the passenger trade to America, which for many years had bordered upon the chaotic. -
Mexico Abolished Slavery.
Mexico abolished slavery, but it granted an exception until 1830 to Texas. That year Mexico made the importation of slaves illegal. Anglo-American immigration to the province slowed at this point, with settlers angry about the changing rules. -
California Gold Rush
The discovery of gold in 1848 brought a large rush of immigrants from around the globe. -
The treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo the betweenUnited States and Mexico. Let the US obtain what is now Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and some of the areas of Utah and Nevada.
This treaty ended the war between the United States and Mexico. By its terms, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including parts of present-day Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, to the United States. -
The Supreme Court states that Congress is the only one who can control immigration issues.
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The Great Compromise.
The Great Compromise saved the Constitutional Convention, and, probably, the Union. Authored by Connecticut delegate Roger Sherman, it called for proportional representation in the House, and one representative per state in the Senate (this was later changed to two.) -
Dred Scott v. Standord
Supreme Court’s Dred Scott Decision declares blacks are not U.S. citizens; rules 1820 Missouri Compromise’s ban on slavery in the territories unconstitutional. -
The treaty of Burlingame is signed between the US and China.
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The Chinese Exclusion Act is passed.
A United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882. It was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
The Supreme Court ratifies that the 14th Amendment will grant citizenship to all who are born United States.
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed. -
The US Border Patrol is established.
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The Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement was a struggle by African Americans In the mid-1950s to late 1960s to achieve Civil Rights equal to those of whites, including equal opportunity in employment, housing, and education, as well as the right to vote, the right of equal access to public facilities, and the right to be free of racial discrimination. -
Immigration Reform and Control Act
The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), Pub.L. 99–603, 100 Stat. 3445, enacted November 6, 1986, also known as the Simpson-Mazzoli Act, signed into law by Ronald Reagan on November 6, 1986, is an Act of Congress which reformed United States immigration law. The Act. -
The Immigration Act of 1990.
The Immigration Act of 1990 limits legal immigration and restates the basis for exclusion and deportation of individuals.
