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17 wrz 2024 · Fourteenth Amendment, amendment (1868) to the Constitution of the United States that granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the Civil War, including them under the umbrella phrase ‘all persons born or naturalized in the United States.’.
9 lis 2009 · The 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S. and guaranteed equal protection of the laws. It also punished states that violated voting rights, repudiated Confederate debt and barred former rebels from office.
The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Usually considered one of the most consequential amendments, it addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law and was proposed in response to issues related to formerly enslaved ...
The 14th Amendment defines U.S. citizenship and guarantees equal protection and due process of law to all persons. It also addresses the representation, debt, and enforcement powers of the federal government after the Civil War.
Fourteenth Amendment Explained. 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.
6 mar 2024 · The 14th Amendment extended liberties and rights granted by the Bill of Rights to formerly enslaved people and made them citizens of the United States. It also guaranteed due process and equal protection of the law to all persons within the jurisdiction of the states.
In the wake of the war, the Congress submitted, and the states ratified the Thirteenth Amendment (making slavery illegal), the Fourteenth Amendment (defining and granting broad rights of national citizenship), and the Fifteenth Amendment (forbidding racial discrimination in elections).
