Read the excerpt from the fourteenth amendment of the united states constitution. all persons born or naturalized in the united states . . are citizens of the united states and of the state wherein they reside. the citizenship clause of the fourteenth amendment is important because it

limited the number of people who can become citizens.
gave everyone free passports if they became citizens.
was the first time the constitution defined what a citizen is.
restricted freed enslaved people from becoming citizen

the group i'm selecting: greeks.

a first group of greek immigrants came to the us in the 1850s. the second group came to america starting in the 1890s due to economic opportunities they didn't have back in their home caused by the hardships of ottoman rule. greek immigration was 90% male, many of them expected to work and return to greece after earning enough capital, but ultimately had to remain in the us after the greek genocide.

during both period congress passed law restricting the civil liberties of american citizen that meet with the overall public support is the one statement that explain the rate scare of the 1920 and 1950 is very similar