RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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prohibited slavery within the United States.
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guaranteed equal protection under the law for every American citizen.
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prohibited any state from denying an American citizen the right to vote based on race/ethnic background, color, or having previously been a slave.
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provided Congress with the power to establish and collect income taxes.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution–Rights Guaranteed: Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship, Due Process, and Equal Protection.