Evolution of National Citizenry

  • Dred Scott V Sanford

    Slaves and African Americans were not considered citizens and so essentially had no rights even if they were free.
  • Emancipation

    Lincoln freed the slaves from confederate states. Giving them citizenship but not necessarily rights
  • Burlingame Treaty

    granted Chinese the rights of free migration.
  • Creation of the 14th Amendment

    Gave African Americans the same rights as the white American citizens.
  • Chinese Education Mission

    A program that brought over Chinese students to study here in America
  • Angell Treaty

    An "update" to the Burlingame Treaty it restricted the migration of certain Chinese workers.
  • Elk V Wilkins

    The 14th amendment did not include Native Americans and they were denied the right to vote
  • Bureau of Immigration

    Bureau of Immigration was created to federally administer all immigration laws excluding the Chinese exclusion act