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Declaration of Independence
Included: white male property owners
Excluded: Women, Enslaved individuals, Native Americans, and men who did not own property -
Bill of Rights/Constitution
Included: White men who owned property Excluded: Women, people of different race or religion. -
Slavery Abolished
Included: Enslaved Americans and Free African Americans who were discriminated against -
Ratification of the 14th Amendment
Included: African Americans that were born in the United States, regardless of their parents’ citizenship status,
This also granted equal protection under law Excluded: Native Americans -
Ratification of the 15th Amendment
Included: African American men were given the right to vote
Excluded: women of all races -
Ratification of 19th Amendment
Included: Women-they were given the right to vote. -
Civil Rights Act
Included: People of all color, race, religion, or sex because they were no longer discriminated against in employment or public accommodation -
Voting Rights Act
Racial discrimination in voting practices ended
Included: Mainly about all previously discriminated races