RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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it reduced the power of the President over the states
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it increased the power of state governments over their citizens
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it allowed the federal government to restrict the actions of state governments
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it prevented Congressional interference with states’ rights
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Detailed explanation-1: -The amendment authorized the government to punish states that abridged citizens’ right to vote by proportionally reducing their representation in Congress.
Detailed explanation-2: -Introduced to address the racial discrimination endured by Black people who were recently emancipated from slavery, the amendment confirmed the rights and privileges of citizenship and, for the first time, guaranteed all Americans equal protection under the laws.
Detailed explanation-3: -Prior to the Fourteenth Amendment, the Bill of Rights applied only to the federal government, and did not restrict state legislatures. In Gitlow, the Supreme Court decided that the Fourteenth Amendment extended the freedom of speech and press provisions in the Bill of Rights to apply to the individual states.
Detailed explanation-4: -After the Civil War, Congress adopted a number of measures to protect individual rights from interference by the states. Among them was the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits the states from depriving “any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”