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The Supreme Court voids key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, leading to concerns over voter suppression.
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This amendment protections for language minorities, ensuring they can participate in elections.
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This act forbids discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, which impacts voting rights.
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This act allows Asian immigrants to become U.S. citizens, leading to a significant change in immigration protocol.
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This act was the first significant law to restrict immigration based on ethnicity; bars Chinese laborers from entering the U.S.
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This amendment allows persons of African descent to become citizens, however, Asian immigrants continued to be excluded.
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The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, but many former slaves remained disenfranchised.
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The law became the first to regulate citizenship; only free white persons could become citizens.
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U.S. Constitution
In this era only white male landowners could vote; other ethical groups and sexes were excluded. -
Declaration of Independence
- Created a sense of equality, however slavery and Native American exclusion still existed.