RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Guaranteed African Americans a minimum salary
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Gave African Americans equal representation in Congress
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Provided citizenship to African Americans
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Justified the denial of civil liberties to newly freed African Americans
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Detailed explanation-1: -A major provision of the 14th Amendment was to grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, ” thereby granting citizenship to formerly enslaved people.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some southern states began actively passing laws that restricted the rights of former slaves after the Civil War, and Congress responded with the 14th Amendment, designed to place limits on states’ power as well as protect civil rights.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Fourteenth Amendment, adopted in 1868, defines all people born in the United States as citizens, requires due process of law, and requires equal protection to all people.
Detailed explanation-4: -The 14th Amendment requires states to give all citizens due process rights and guarantees equal protection of the law. Its purpose was first to allow former slaves immediate US citizenship, but its language also allowed it to be used to allow rights for ALL people in ALL states.