Identify three social groups in the United States that these rights would not have applied to in 1789 when George Washington was sworn in as the first president.

Presidential inaugurations are important civic
rituals in our nation's political life. The
Constitution requires that presidential
electoral votes be opened and counted by
the Senate and House of Representatives
meeting together, that the candidate with a
majority of electoral votes be declared the
victor, and that the president-elect, before
taking charge of the office, swear an oath of
office to
"preserve, protect and defend the