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Preview:$Each%event%listed%below%is%a%step%in%the%process%of%running%for%president.%
Based%on%what%you%know%about%elections,%number%the%steps%in%the%most%logical%order% in%your%notebook.%Then%answer%this%question:%Do!you!think!this!process!helps!or! hinders!us!in!electing!the!best!individual!as!president?!%
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Section$10.2$$
Complete%the%table%below.%Record%any%applicable%date%when%each%group%gained%
voting%rights,%and%briefly%explain%what%rights%were%gained%at%that%time.%%Then%answer% the%questions%that%follow.% %
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Voting$Rights$Gained$
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In 1790 the rights of white men was established.
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Naturalization Law passed. It explicitly states that only
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“free white” immigrants can become naturalized citizens.
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% (1868) 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution passed.
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amendment forbids states from denying any rights of
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citizenship, voting regulation is still left in the hands of the
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