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Declaration of Independance
This document protested the nationalization of foreigners in colonies -
Naturalization Act of 1790
Granted Citizenship to all free white persons -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Granted citizenship to inhabitants of territories annexed from Mexico -
Thirteenth Amendment
Abolished slavery, though did not give full citizenship rights to former slaves -
Fourteenth Amendment
Grants citizenship to all people born or nationalized in the United States -
Naturalization Act of 1870
Grants naturalization rights to former African slaves, but excludes Asian immigrants -
Chinese Exclusion Act
First law to ban immigration based on race or nationality -
Indian Citizenship Act
Granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the United States -
Magnuson Act
Repealed Chinese Exclusion act, allowing Chinese immigrants to become citizens -
McCarran-Walter Act
Ends racial restrictions on citizenship -
Hart-Celler Act
Abolished the national origins quota system