Week 4 Evolution of the national citizenry

By skyethompson

  • Nationality Act of 1790

  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo extended citizenship to all inhabitants of the territory annexed to the United States following the Mexican War.

  • Immigration and Nationality Act

    Immigration and Nationality Act eliminates race as a bar to immigration or citizenship.

  • Dred Scott v Sandford

    Declared that African Americans were not and could not become citizens of the United States or enjoy any of the privileges and immunities of citizenship.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1866

    Declared that every individual born or naturalized in the United States becomes a citizen of the United States and the state in which they lived, thus establishing a rule of citizenship by birth that was not based on race.

  • The Fourteenth Amendment (The Citizenship Clause)

    Citizens of the United States and the state where they live are subject to its authority.

  • Naturalization Act of 1870

    Naturalization rights are extended to former African slaves who were not born in the United States; Asian immigrants are still denied citizenship.

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first law in the United States to prohibit immigration based on race or nationality; it was abolished in 1943.

  • The Chinese Exclusion Act

    Bars Chinese immigrants from entering the United States

  • United States v. Wong Kim Ark

    In United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the United States Supreme Court found that any child born in the United States, regardless of color or parents' citizenship status, is an American citizen.

  • Indian Citizenship Act

    Extends U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans.

  • The McCarran-Walter Act

    Ends the exclusion of Asian immigrants to the United States.

  • Civil Rights Act

    Equal treatment of every American regardless of race.

  • The Immigration and Nationality Act

    Ends the national origin quotas enacted in the 1920s which favored some racial and ethnic groups over others.

  • Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

    Provides amnesty to millions of people residing in the United States who arrived before January 1, 1982.

  • USA Patriot Act

    Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to broaden the scope of aliens ineligible for admission or deportation to include terrorist activities.