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--Grant titles of nobility
--Permit slavery (Thirteenth Amendment)
--Deny citizens the right to vote because of race, color, or previous servitude (Fifteenth Amendment)
--Deny citizens the right to vote because of gender (Nineteenth Amendment)

Very useful. it is to learn because history repeats itself so learning about it those mistakes not happen again.