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1. what civil rights are guaranteed to individuals in democratic society?

2. How were the civil rights of certain groups limited and restricted in U.S. history?

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Step-by-step explanation:

1. Civil rights are an essential component of democracy. They are freedoms defended by the government, which includes, law banning discrimination or segregation, that guarantees equal social opportunities and protection under the law, not minding the race, religion, or other characteristics.

Civil rights that are guaranteed to individuals in democratic society includes:

Right to vote, to a fair trial, to government services, and to a public education

2. The civil rights of certain groups limited and restricted in U.S. history through the following:

a. Poll taxes

b. literacy tests

c. Grandfather Clauses

d. Violence, Such as the KKK

e. Segregation via Jim Crow Laws

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