Rights But Not for Everyone

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  1. 3. The 14th Amendment guatanteed to African Americans the right of due process and equal _________________ of the law.
  2. 5. ____________ was this country's original sin.
  3. 8. People who were defined as an alien people in their own land
  4. 10. ____________ were second-class citizens when the 19th Amendment was passed and ratified [giving them the right to vote].
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  1. 1. The 13th _____________ abolished slavery.
  2. 2. Instead of constitutional rights, slaves were governed by "_________________" that controlled every aspect of their lives.
  3. 4. But it would take a century more of ______________ before these rights were effectively enforced.
  4. 6. The Bill of Rights was in force for nearly 135 years before Congress granted Native Americans U.S. ______________.
  5. 7. [Women were] essentially the property of their ____________, unable even to vote until 1920.
  6. 9. The 15th Amendment gave them (formerly enslaved people) the right to ________.