RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
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It officially bans slavery in the United States.
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It officially allows slaves to vote and own land.
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It made sure money was paid to the slave owners who lost their property during the Civil War.
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It makes sure that anyone born on US soil is granted citizenship and equal rights in the United States.
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It makes Confederate states to repay their debts without any state helping them.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The amendment prohibited former Confederate states from repaying war debts and compensating former slave owners for the emancipation of their enslaved people.
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: -The Fourteenth Amendment made African-Americans citizens and protected citizens from discriminatory state laws. Former Confederate states did not get congressional representation until they adopted this amendment.
Detailed explanation-4: -14th Amendment-Citizenship Rights, Equal Protection, Apportionment, Civil War Debt.
Detailed explanation-5: -") With the exception of Tennessee, the Southern states refused to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. The Republicans then passed the Reconstruction Act of 1867, which set the conditions the Southern states had to accept before they could be readmitted to the union, including ratification of the 14th Amendment.