History A-Level
Constitutional change and citizenship
What Constitutional change and citizenship means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Constitutional change and citizenship
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship and equal protection, while the Fifteenth barred denial of the vote on grounds of race.
Topics that use Constitutional change and citizenship
- Paper 3, Option 39.1: Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009 - 1 ‘Free at last’, 1865–77 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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