HIST 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Colfax Massacre, Reconstruction Era, White Supremacy
16 Aug 2016
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Chapter 17- post civil war america: human landscape of the south & the west. 13th (1865), 14th (1868), 15th (1870) amendments define the rights of citizens regardless of former status in servitude. Native americans, elk vs wilkins (1884): no access to us citizenship. Not even discusses in the congressional debates about the 14th amendment. If you were a native american born on a reservation you weren"t granted citizenship like slaves were when they born on us soil. Chinese exclusion act (1882): barred immigration (and citizenship) for skilled and unskilled laborers. Not repealed until 1943 (we wanted allies with china over japan in world wars) Treaty of guadeloupe hidalgo (1848): promised us citizenship for residents of acquired territory (mexicans living there at the time) In re ricardo rodriquez (1897): affirmed right to vote in texas (not widely enforced until 1930"s) Road to civilization in the south: freedman"s bureau. Education also used to civilize native americans in a different way.
