RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA
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Question
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In order to make sure the Civil Rights Act of 1866 was not overturned, Congress passed
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the 15th amendment
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the 14th amendment
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the Reconstruction Acts
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the Jim Crow laws
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Passed by Congress June 13, 1866, and ratified July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment extended liberties and rights granted by the Bill of Rights to formerly enslaved people.
Detailed explanation-2: -Congress overrode Johnson’s veto on April 9, 1866, and elements of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 eventually became the template for the Fourteenth Amendment.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
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