History of the United States II / Unit 1 USH2 0022 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Minor v. Happersett
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The idea
Virginia Minor tried to vote in St. Louis in eighteen seventy-two, arguing that her citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment already carried the right to vote.
In practice
The Supreme Court rejecting her claim in eighteen seventy-five.
Where people slip
The Court held that the Constitution does not confer the right of suffrage upon anyone. Citizenship and the vote were separate things.
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