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Who benefit and who suffered from the naturalization act of 1790?

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Answer:

Benefit: All whites and free black people already living there for two years

Suffered: All blacks enslaved and newly freed.

Step-by-step explanation:

In 1790 Congress passed the Naturalization Act, which restricted citizenship to “any alien, being a free white person” who had been in the United States for two years.

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