Which of the following is true of American national identity as envisioned by the Constitution of 1787?

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The Constitution of 1787 did not include Native Americans or African-American slaves in its definition of the political nation or the "people." This is evident in the fact that Native Americans were often referred to as "savages" and excluded from citizenship, and the Constitution's infamous "three-fifths compromise" counted slaves as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of representation in Congress, without granting them any political rights or protections. While the Constitution did not explicitly state that only white men were entitled to its protections, the exclusion of non-white and non-free persons from citizenship and political participation effectively limited the scope of American national identity to a select group of individuals.

Which of the Following Is True of American National Identity