Japanese Americans were not allowed to vote during World War II primarily due to the internment policies implemented by the U.S. government. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Japanese Americans were unjustly viewed with suspicion and labeled as potential threats to national security. As a result, many were forcibly relocated to internment camps, where they lost their civil rights, including the right to vote. This discriminatory action reflected widespread racial prejudice and fear rather than any legitimate security concerns.
Slaves were never allowed to vote. Male African-Americans or persons of color were given the right to vote in 1870.
The African Americans we're able to vote when the twenty-sixth amendment came into place.
A group that is 'franchised' has the right to vote, as opposed to when Afro-Americans and women were not allowed to vote, they were 'disenfranchised.'
They allowed all white men to vote. Sadly, African-Americans were still unable to vote.
Not until the repeal of the Chinese exclusion act in1943. Followed by Indian-Americans in 1946. Japanese-Americans were not allowed granted citizenship until 1952. So much for the fourteenth amendment.
Japanese Americans did not have the right to vote until the year 1952. Chinese Americans were first allowed to become citizens of America in 1943 where they could enjoy the right to vote.
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African Americans
Yes, Native Americans are allowed to vote in the United States. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibits discrimination based on race or ethnicity, including against Native Americans, ensuring their right to vote.
The day that African Americans were allowed to vote is an important date. August 6th, 1965, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, which allowed African Americans the right to vote.
They could not vote if their grandfather had not been allowed to vote.
They could not vote if their grandfather had not been allowed to vote.
They could not vote if their grandfather had not been allowed to vote.
They could not vote if their grandfather had not been allowed to vote.
They could not vote if their grandfather had not been allowed to vote.
most white males
African Americans