For example, until 1952, the federal government maintained "racial prerequisites to naturalization," which determined the types of "faces and features present in the United States, and thus who could marry and bear children here. From 1790 to 1870, citizenship status was denied to anyone who could not be described as a "free white person," trying to determine who was sufficiently white for naturalization.
-A Closer Look At Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez: Membership By Sex, By Race, And By Tribal Tradition by Lucy A. Curry Wisconsin Women's Law Journal Vol.16:161 pg.191-192
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