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15th Amendment (1870) granted citizenship to all, regardless of race. That said, tribes didn't have citizenship until the Snyder Act of 1924 admitted communities born in the U.S. to full U.S. citizenship. Still, many didn't participate in elections because the

Ratified on December 6, 1865, this Amendment was the first of three called the “Civil War Amendments.”  A tug-of-war between Congress and the Supreme Court ensued where SCOTUS claimed that Congress exceeded its powers with the enforcement section and that