History of the United States I / Unit 16 USH1 2290 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Minor v. Happersett
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The idea
Virginia Minor tried to register to vote in St. Louis in eighteen seventy-two, arguing that the Fourteenth Amendment made citizenship carry the vote with it.
In practice
Minor turned away, and suing over the refusal.
Where people slip
In eighteen seventy-four the Supreme Court held that the constitution of the United States does not confer the right of suffrage upon any one.
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