Why were the supreme courts rulings in the 1901 insular cases significant?

The Insular Cases are a series of opinions by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1901, about the status of U.S. territories acquired in the Spanish American War ... These Supreme Court rulings allowed for the United States government to extend unilateral power over these newly acquired territories.

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men and women were able to be citizens, but women did not have all of the rights of men including voting and holding office. slaves could be if they were freed.