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First Alien Naturalization Act
The original Naturalization Act provided national citizenship guidelines that favored to aliens who were free white persons excluding indentured servants, slaves, and most women, all of whom were note able to vote. -
The Naturalization Act
Naturalization Act Enables free white persons who have resided in the U.S. for five years and renounce their allegiance to their former country to become citizens. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
The Alien and Sedition Acts permit the President to deport any foreigner deemed to be dangerous. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo allowed the U.S. to gain Texas, New Mexico, California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and half of Colorado, as well as around 80,000 Mexicans who decide to become U.S. citizens. -
The Gold Rush in California
The Gold Rush in California increases immigration from China, and the eastern United States. -
The 15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment of the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote. -
The Mexican-American War
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The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act prevents any Chinese without family already in the United States from immigrating. -
Immigration Exclusion Act
The Immigration Exclusion Act Prohibits Immigration of Criminals, Poor, and Mentally Ill. -
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The Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution pushed the first Mexican political refugees into the U.S. -
The Alien Registration Act
The Alien Registration Act requires the registration and fingerprinting of all immigrants in the United States over the age of 14. -
Executive Order 9066
The U.S. immigration policy changes in order to get as many soldiers as possible for the war including Filipinos who were reclassified as U.S. citizens, and authorized 112,000 Japanese-American from the Pacific coast and placed them in ten internment camps. -
The Immigration and Nationality Act
The Immigration and Nationality Act changes the preference system from that in 1924 to place priority on employable skills and familial relationships. -
Worldwide Immigration Ceiling
The Worldwide immigration ceiling is introduced allowing a total annual immigration ceiling of 290,000 replaces the separate ceilings for the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. -
The Refugee Act
The Refugee Act, enabled asylum to politically-oppressed refugees who are defined as those who flee a country because of persecution “on account of race, religion, nationality, or political opinion.” However, in practice, U.S. foreign policy dictates which refugees are admitted and if the U.S. opposes or supports said government. -
The Immigration Act of 1990
The Immigration Act of 1990 increased the number of immigrants allowed into the United States each year to 700,000. Ten thousand permanent resident visas are offered to those immigrants agreeing to invest at least $1 million in U.S. urban areas or $500,000 in U.S. rural areas.
