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What Role Did the Constitution Play in the Question of American

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What role did the Constitution play in the question of American citizenship?


A) The Constitution officially granted citizenship to any white person born on American soil, formalizing the definition of citizenship that had long been held by the colonies.
B) The Constitution did not include the word "citizen" whatsoever because the Declaration of Independence already had already granted citizenship to all property-owning males.
C) The Constitution gave a detailed description of the role of the federal government, rather than the states, in defining and guaranteeing the rights of all American citizens.
D) The Constitution specified that all white people over the age of eighteen were to be considered citizens and, as children, needed to prove their loyalty to the nation.
E) The Constitution failed to define the word "citizen," reflecting the lack of a commonly agreed-upon understanding of the rights that went with citizenship.

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