RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA
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ending slavery in Confederate states.
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making former slaves official citizens.
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granting universal suffrage to American adults.
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providing reparations to former slaves.
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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: -By this definition, the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment failed, because though African Americans were granted the legal rights to act as full citizens, they could not do so without fear for their lives and those of their family.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.