Restriction and Exclusion

By jmcelravy

  • Beginning of Chinese Restriction

    Special taxes and prohibition from public schools
  • Period: to

    Restriction

  • Women and Marriage Citizenship

    Immigrants women married to citizens can become citizens as long as they are racially eligible

  • Women and Marriage to Non-Citizens

  • Ah Yup Court Case

    Q: Are Mongolians "white" in terms of naturalization? A: No

  • Chinese Restriction Act

    Prohibited entry of Chinese Labor, and denied immigrants citizenship

  • First Chinese Exclusion

    Blocked re-entry, increased enforcement. Upper class immigrants were still allowed

  • Ricardo Rodriguez Court Cases

    Mexican living in the US for 10 yrs. Not considered white but treatis allowed Mexican naturalization

  • Women and Birthright Citizenship

    All citizens by birth can regain citizenship regardless of spose

  • Cable Act

    Made citizenship and marital status separate.

  • Ozawa Supreme Court Case

    Student from Japan. Not white.

  • Thind vs United States

    Born in India, served in WWII. Granted naturalization but was contested by US gov. Not white

  • Quota Act

    Established quotas for immigrants from the South Eastern hemisphere.