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Federal Naturalization Act
This act allowed any free white person of "good character" to be a citizen of the United States. This included white men, white women, and children. This did not automatically give these people the right to vote because that power was still in the states. This act excluded Indigenous people and black people no matter if they were free or enslaved. -
Property requirements for voting removed
Before the 1830s states had the power to control who voted in their state. Most states had a property requirement that only allowed wealthy white men to vote in their states. This did include black men who also owned property and met this requirement. However, when the property requirement was removed, all white men above the age of 21 were granted the ability to vote in the United States and this took voting power away from all black people. -
Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo
US colonized north American allowing the Mexican people who were already living there to be granted citizenship although the indigenous people were not. The Mexican Americans were able to vote however many people did not because of the fear they had in white Americans. -
Dred Scott decision
Black people were not and could not become citizens. Citizenship was also not granted for immigrant Asians. -
Emancipation Proclamation
This ended slavery in the Southern states. This allowed all black people who were enslaved in the south to become free, but this did not give them any rights or citizenship. -
13th Amendment
Slavery was outlawed throughout the whole country. However, this still did not allow black people to become citizens. -
14th Amendment
This allowed birthright citizenship to ALL people born in the US including black people and children of immigrants however, indigenous people were still not named to have citizenship in the US. -
Naturalization Act + 15th Amendment
This extended citizenship to people of African nativity/decent. This still did not grant any of these citizens voting rights. Therefore, the 15th Amendment which took the power away from the state or government to deny someone to vote based on their race. This still did not include women getting the right to vote. -
White Supremacy
The US government stopped enforcing the rights of black citizens in the south and white governments returned to power taking their rights away. -
Women Rights
Women were finally granted the right to vote and not be denied that right by any state or government.