RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Naturalized Irish Immigrants
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Members of American Indian tribes
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Citizens from the seceded southern states
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Former slaves
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Detailed explanation-1: -Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884), the Supreme Court held that children born to members of Native American tribes governed by local tribal governments were not automatically granted citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees citizenship at birth to almost all individuals born in the United States or in U.S. jurisdictions, based on jus soli.
Detailed explanation-3: -Initially, Native Americans were not granted citizenship by this amendment because they were under the jurisdiction of tribal laws. It was not until 1924 that Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act, which granted Native Americans citizenship rights as well. The 14th Amendment has five sections.
Detailed explanation-4: -The committee said it was clear that “the 14th amendment to the Constitution has no effect whatever upon the status of the Indian tribes within the limits of the United States, ” but that “straggling Indians” were subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.