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The Snyder Act of 1924 admitted Native Americans born in the U.S. to full U.S. citizenship. Though the Fifteenth Amendment, passed in 1870, granted all U.S. citizens the right to vote regardless of race, it wasn't until the Snyder Act that Native Americans could enjoy the rights granted by this amendment.
Even with the passing of this citizenship bill, Native Americans were still prevented from participating in elections because the Constitution left it up to the states to decide who has the right to vote. After the passage of the 1924 citizenship bill, it still took over forty years for all fifty states to allow Native Americans to vote. For example, Maine was one of the last states to comply with the Indian Citizenship Act, even though it had granted tax paying Native Americans the right to vote in its original 1819 state constitution. As reported by Henry Mitchell, a resident of that state, Native Americans were prevented from voting in Maine in the late 1930s.
Voting Rights for Native Americans - Elections - Classroom Presentation | Teacher Resources - Library of Congress
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Women didn't obtain the right to vote till 1920 and the poor (whites included) were always suppressed along with the blacks.
Where was the Constitution when this was going on?? They are still suppressing Native American and black voting privileges.
Even with the passing of this citizenship bill, Native Americans were still prevented from participating in elections because the Constitution left it up to the states to decide who has the right to vote. After the passage of the 1924 citizenship bill, it still took over forty years for all fifty states to allow Native Americans to vote. For example, Maine was one of the last states to comply with the Indian Citizenship Act, even though it had granted tax paying Native Americans the right to vote in its original 1819 state constitution. As reported by Henry Mitchell, a resident of that state, Native Americans were prevented from voting in Maine in the late 1930s.
Voting Rights for Native Americans - Elections - Classroom Presentation | Teacher Resources - Library of Congress
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Women didn't obtain the right to vote till 1920 and the poor (whites included) were always suppressed along with the blacks.
Where was the Constitution when this was going on?? They are still suppressing Native American and black voting privileges.