RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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What did the Fourteenth Amendment do?
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Forbade slavery
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Granted citizenship to black Americans
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Gave black men the right to vote
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Forbade racial discrimination in public places
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Fourteenth Amendment is an amendment to the United States Constitution that was adopted in 1868. It granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and enslaved people who had been emancipated after the American Civil War.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
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