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Dred Scott was the first legal matter considering state and national citizenship. The courts deemed him not a state citizen after being "released" from slavery. But, it was highly disputed because many states saw slaves as citizens.
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Abraham Lincoln took control of the Whitehouse through the polls. He made all free blacks American Citizens.
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This act created the right that all people born or naturalized in the United States were citizens of the United States and the state they live in, no matter their race. But, this act excluded "Indians not taxed" and American-born citizens "subject to any foreign power". This civil rights act did not include political voting as well. For example, children and women still could not vote.
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This amendment was not specifically created to discuss citizenship at first. Later the Senate added sentences about being a natural-born citizen of being naturalized to become one. It continuously left out Native American Tribes,
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Gives black men the right to vote.
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Does not allow any more Chinese workers into the United States. The are threatened with imprisonment or being kicked out of the United States.
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Creates the term "separate but equal". Allowed for legal segregation.
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Gives Puerto Ricans citizenship.
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The first generation of Japenese will never be granted citizenship.
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All Native Americans became citizens.
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Gets rid of the Chinese Exclusion Act and allows the Chiese to become eligible to become a U.S. citizen.
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This act lets any race become eligible for naturalization.
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Fixes the criteria to allow more refugees into the U.S.
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Citation For book:
Berkin , Miller, Chernly, & Gormly. (n.d.). Makin America: A History of the United States. Redshelf reader. https://platform.virdocs.com/read/541264/550/#/4/4 Public Links for others since citations are too long:
https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/articles/amendment-xiv/clauses/700 https://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-godeeper.htm