United States v. Wong Kim Ark
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Court Cases, Rulings, Appeals, Supreme Court, U.S., Asian Americans
- Curriculum: American History 1878-1900, Asian American History
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: March 28, 1898
Article abstract: The U.S. Supreme Court holds that children born in the United States, even to temporary sojourners, are subject to U.S. jurisdiction regardless of race or nationality.
Summary of Event
After the Civil War, the Constitution of the United States was amended in order to deal with the end of slavery and the legal status of the freed slaves. Under existing law, notably the 1857 Dred Scott case (Dred Scott v. Sandford), even free African Americans could not become citizens. The Thirteenth Amendment ended slavery. The Fourteenth...
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