This amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States-including former slaves-and guaranteed all citizens equal protection of the laws.

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

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This amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States-including former slaves-and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.”

A	1st Amendment
B	13th Amendment
C	14th Amendment
D	15th Amendment

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: -The 13th Amendment formally abolished slavery. The 14th Amendment established African Americans as equal citizens of the United States. This amendment overturned the 1857 Dred Scott v. Sanford case in which Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 14th Amendment was designed to grant citizenship to and protect the civil liberties of people recently freed from slavery.

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USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS