Evaluate how much definitions of United States citizenship changed from 1865 to 1920.
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From 1865 to 1920 the legal definition of U.S. citizenship expanded through the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship, but the practical meaning of citizenship narrowed for many groups through segregation, disfranchisement, exclusion and second-class status in new overseas territories.
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The Americanization Day poster was produced during the First World War era to reach immigrant communities, and its purpose of promoting loyalty and assimilation shows citizenship being redefined around cultural conformity, not just legal status.
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Distinguish formal legal citizenship from the rights citizens could actually exercise, or connect the period to the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 and the civil rights movement.
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