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American Heritage: A Nation of Nations
The Framers of the Constitution excluded many people from active participation in the newly-created government, but the fact that the language of the Constitution they created was inclusive, provided the opening for excluded groups to be brought int...
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Struggle for Equality, The: Long Struggle for Citizenship and Right to Vote
Each excluded group first had to obtain citizenship. The only exception was white women who were citizens without political rights. As a result of the Civil War the rights of blacks were spelled out in the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Cons...