RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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the right to vote
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the right to medical care
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equal protection of the law
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separate but equal public facilities
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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: -U.S. Constitution The Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause requires states to practice equal protection. Equal protection forces a state to govern impartially-not draw distinctions between individuals solely on differences that are irrelevant to a legitimate governmental objective.
Detailed explanation-3: -14th Amendment-Citizenship Rights, Equal Protection, Apportionment, Civil War Debt.