President Andrew Johnson did not support it, but his veto was overridden. After the bill passed he refused to enforce the law in the South, resulting in little effect. In addition to President Johnson's lack of approval, the program was undermined by anti-black organizations and helped women and Native Americans even less than it did African Americans. Native Americans were excluded from being considered citizens even if born in the United States. Women gained the right to make and enforce contracts, purchase land, and more, but they were not granted the right to vote for another fifty years. In theory this act should have resulted in better treatment of African Americans because it made them separate but equal to whites, but in reality when it was implemented it did not carry forward its original intentions. Just as in 1866, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was followed by incidents of resistance and violence, but despite the lawsuits this act declared that all citizens, regardless of race, sex, religion, or national origin, shall not be discriminated against. Within the first few weeks, segregated establishments were opened to black customers and Jim Crow laws began to end. Laws that granted minorities their civil rights were enforced. This bill not only included African Americans, but gave women more opportunities. In 1924 the Native Americans