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How did the 14th amendment encourage states to give former slaves the right?
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∙ 7y ago
It gave full citizenship to all people born in the Unites States.
Because most African Americans were American born, they became full citizens.
The amendment also required every state to grant its citizens "equal protection of
the laws."
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe Fourteenth Amendment of the Untied States Constitution granted citizenship to former slaves and all future United States-born persons and also guaranteed equal protection under law for all American citizens.
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∙ 14y ago13th abolished slavery, 14th made them citizens, 15th gave them suffrage (right to vote)
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∙ 13y agoA quick way to explain. It gave slaves citizenship.
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∙ 12y agoit granted slaves citizenship and rights
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What amendment prohibited the southern states from paying former slave owners for the loss their slaves?
Amendment 14 prohibited the Southern states from paying former slave owners for the loss of their slaves.
Which amendment prohibited the southern states from paying former's slave owners for the loss of their slaves?
Amendment 14 prohibited the Southern states from paying former slave owners for the loss of their slaves.
Which amendment prohibited the southern states from paying former slave owners for the loss of their slaves?
Amendment 14 prohibited the Southern states from paying former slave owners for the loss of their slaves.
What amendment prohibited the southern states from paying former slave owners for the loss of their slaves?
Amendment 14 prohibited the Southern states from paying former slave owners for the loss of their slaves.
What part of the fourteenth Amendment forced the government to treat black citizens the same as while?
There is basically a sentence in the amendment that states all former slaves are citizens. The 14th amendment is one of the most important amendments of the constitution. It covers much more than citizenship rights of former slaves.
Why did many southerners cities and states pass laws to limit the rights of free slaves?
White southerners feared former slaves would try to encourage slave rebellions.
The 14th amendment to the Constitution was ratified following which war?
The states in the Southern United States did not vote to ratify the amendment because it provided equal protection for allcitizens of the United States-including those who were former slaves. The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified right after theCivil War.
What amendment gave the rights back to former slaves?
The 15th Amendment to United States Constitution (1870) was an instrumental step towards granting civil rights to African-American former slaves and their descendants. The 15th Amendment specifically enumerated that color and ethnicity, and being a prior slave are prohibited factors from preventing the right to vote.
What amendment freed the slaves in the United States?
thirteenth amendment
Rights given and taken away from former slaves during Reconstruction?
The Reconstruction Acts (all 4 of them) did not really deal with slaves or former slaves; they provisioned for reconstructing the southern states and the re-incorporation of those states back into the "union" (the US) plus requirements to pass certain parts of constitutional amendments (namely the 14th amendment - not the 13th which banned slavery). The Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution are what involved "rights" of slaves (former slaves); however those 'rights' were not fully implemented until the (supposed) end of segregation in 1968.
What was the Constitutional amendment that freed the slaves?
The 13th amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery in the United States and its territories.
Were the Black American Slaves really set free?
The slaves held in the United States were officially, fully, and irrefutably set free with the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution. However, this did not mean that the conditions for the former slaves improved in many areas.
