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14th Amendment For African American In Franklin
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One way that they tried to do this was to pass three important amendments, the so-called Reconstruction Amendments. 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.
Passed June 13, 1866 and ratified July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment extended liberties and rights granted by the Bill of Rights to formally enslaved people. A major provision of the 14th Amendment was to grant citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States".
The 14th Amendment revoked the Black Codes by declaring that states could not pass laws that denied citizens their constitutional rights and freedoms. No person could be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process (fair treatment by the judicial system), and the law was to be equally applied to everyone.
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.
The Fourteenth Amendment was one of three amendments to the Constitution adopted after the Civil War to guarantee black rights. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, the Fourteenth granted citizenship to people once enslaved, and the Fifteenth guaranteed black men the right to vote.
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.
An amendment to repeal all poll taxes was introduced by Congress in August 1962. In spite of concerns that all the Southern states would reject the amendment, the required thirty-eight states ratified it in January 1964.
Cite the United States Constitution, 14th Amendment, Section 2. CORRECT CITATION: U.S. Const. amend. XIV, § 2.
The Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution contains a number of important concepts, most famously state action, privileges or immunities, citizenship, due process, and equal protection—all of which are contained in Section One.
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.
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In 1868, the 14th Amendment to the Constitution gave Black people equal protection under the law. Following the end of the Civil War, two constitutional provisions were ratified to protect the right of African Americans to vote.The Thirteenth Amendment has ensured far more than an end to AfricanAmerican slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment has ensured far more than an end to AfricanAmerican slavery. Franklin Whittemore vacant. The Equal Protection Clause is part of the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Constitutional Amendments – Amendment 14 – "Citizenship, Equal Protection, Apportionment, and War Debts". The 14th Amendment was necessary to make clear that Black people, as well as anyone born in the country or naturalized, were American citizens. What responsibilities does a person have to ensure equal rights among all people?