USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following amendments recognized African American citizenship and offered equal protection under the law?
A
First Amendment
B
Fourteenth Amendment
C
Twentieth Amendment
D
Fifteenth Amendement
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Fourteenth Amendment was intended to recognize and protect fundamental objects long recognized under the common law system. 14th amendment guaranteed citizenship to blacks in particular and equal protection under the law to all in general. 14th Amendment restrained and limited state action.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection and Other Rights All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.

Detailed explanation-4: -The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the US. The 15th Amendment gave Black Americans the right to vote.

Detailed explanation-5: -14th Amendment-Citizenship Rights, Equal Protection, Apportionment, Civil War Debt.

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