RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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A constitutional amendment giving full rights of citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States, except for American Indians.
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13th Amendment
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14th Amendment
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15th Amendment
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, ” which included former slaves recently freed.
Detailed explanation-2: -Before the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, the antebellum United States generally embraced the common-law doctrine of citizenship by birth within the country.
Detailed explanation-3: -The committee said it was clear that “the 14th amendment to the Constitution has no effect whatever upon the status of the Indian tribes within the limits of the United States, ” but that “straggling Indians” were subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
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