RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
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It established citizenship laws and quotas fro new immigrants
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It allowed only skilled workers to become US citizens
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It granted US citizenship to African Americans
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It increased the residency requirements needed for US citizenship
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1: 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-3: -The 14th Amendment provides, in part, that no state can “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” Title IX specifically prohibits sex discrimination.
Detailed explanation-4: -The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, ” which included former slaves recently freed.