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The Fourteenth Amendment
By July 9th of 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified to the United States Constitution. It granted citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States." This included former slaves who had been freed after the Civil War. -
The Fifteenth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified to the U.S. Constitution on February 3rd, 1870. It gave all male citizens the right to vote regardless of race or color. It guaranteed the African Americans the right to vote. -
The Naruralization Act of 1870
An act signed by President Ulysses S. Grant that permitted "aliens of African nativity and persons of African descent" to become naturalized citizens of the United States. -
The Page Act of 1875
It was the first act restricting immigration. -
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
It was passed by Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur. It prohibited citizenship for Chinese immigration. -
The Geary Act of 1892
The Geary Act of 1892 prevented further immigration from China. It required that established Chinese residents of the U.S. to carry certificates of residence. -
The Naturalization Act of 1906
The act stated that the ability to speak, read, and write the English language was a requirement in order to become a U.S. citizen. -
Tydings-McDuffie Act
The Tydings-McDuffie Act, also known as the Philippine Commonwealth and Independence Act, was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was an act that limited Filipino immigration and no longer allowed illeagal Filipinos to work leagally in the U.S. -
The Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943/Magnuson Act
On December 17th, 1943, the Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943 was approved. It passed to repeal the discriminatory exclusion laws against Chinese immigrants. It lifted the barriers to citizenship for most immigrants of Asian origin. -
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952/The McCarran-Walter Act
It was enacted on June 27th, 1952. This was an act made to revise laws realating to immigration, naturaliization, and nationality. This act was meant to exclude certain immigrants from immigrating to the U.S. -
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA)
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, also known as the Simpson-Mazzoli Act, was created to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise and reform the immigration laws.It gave unauthoritized aliens the opportunity to apply and gain legal status if they met mandated requirements. -
Arizona's Immigration Enforcement Law
