THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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allowed them to be elected officials
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allowed them to vote
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allowed them to sell their lands
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allowed them to enlist in the army
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1924, Native people won the right to full citizenship when President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act, also known as the Snyder Act. But many saw the act as a way to break up Native nations and forcibly assimilate them into American society.
Detailed explanation-2: -Approved on June 2, 1924, this act of Congress granted citizenship to any Native Americans born within the United States. At the time many were still denied voting rights by individual state or local laws.
Detailed explanation-3: -The act was proposed by Representative Homer P. Snyder (R) of New York, and signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge on June 2, 1924. It was enacted partially in recognition of the thousands of Native Americans who served in the armed forces during the First World War.
Detailed explanation-4: -All persons born in India between 26 January 1950 and 1 July 1987 automatically received citizenship by birth regardless of the nationalities of their parents. From 1 July 1987 until 3 December 2004, children born in the country received Indian citizenship by birth if at least one parent was a citizen.
Detailed explanation-5: -A Bill to provide for the acquisition and termination of Indian citizenship. 1. This Act may be called the Citizenship Act, 1955.