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It was necessary because, it ratified in 1868 granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
The United States, and Germany.
These guys basically plucked from a handful of "sinful wrongdoers" that they believed were to be punished by their own god, and yet took things into their hands. They'd accuse any woman as of being a witch. A servant girl, a sick old lady married to her servant, a homeless begger. And so forth. They played the game telephone and spread lies about anyone and everyone resulting in innocents dying.
He was a Federalist, Democratic-Republican, a National Republican, and then later part of the Whig Party.
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