14th Amendment
CONTENTS
RECONSTRUCTION
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1866
THADDEUS STEVENS
14TH AMENDMENT – SECTION 1
14TH AMENDMENT – SECTIONS 2-5
IMPACT OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT
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The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former slaves—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.” One of three amendments passed during the Reconstruction era to abolish slavery and establish civil and legal rights for black Americans, it would become the basis for many landmark Supreme Court decisions over the years.
A. responsible for investigating ethics violations in congress
Answer:
I believe is the one that says he was the first black person to vote in us So the 3rd option
Explanation:
Thomas Mundy Peterson was the first black man in the U.S to vote not Banneker
Answer:
C. Created make-work jobs that provided no necessary service
Explanation:
Federal Emergency Relief Administration initially created several government funded jobs in order to reduce the amount of unemployment that exist during the Great Depression.
But, a lot of the jobs provided by the government provide little to actual value that gained a lot of criticism from the government.
Example of several make work jobs that created at that time: Counting cars that parked on the public road, cleaning toys from the daycare that actually can easily be done by the daycare employees, etc.
