USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Although the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified nearly a century and a half ago, what aspects of the amendment have enduring significance?

A	Due process and equal protection clauses
B	Affirmative action and witness protection clauses
C	Voting rights and ballots clauses
D	Nondiscrimination and elastic clauses

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Detailed explanation-2: -14th Amendment-Citizenship Rights, Equal Protection, Apportionment, Civil War Debt.

Detailed explanation-3: -Finally, the “equal protection clause” (“nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws”) was clearly intended to stop state governments from discriminating against Black Americans, and over the years would play a key role in many landmark civil rights cases.

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