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 enslaved people—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.
In its later sections, the 14th Amendment authorized the federal government to punish states that violated or abridged their citizens’ right to vote by proportionally reducing the states’ representation in Congress, and mandated that anyone who “engaged in insurrection” against the United States could not hold civil, military or elected office (without the approval of two-thirds of the House and Senate).
It also upheld the national debt, but exempted federal and state governments from paying any debts incurred by the former Confederate states.
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Answer:No
Explanation:Their was still problems with inequality, I know that African Americans got the right to vote but the republicans still had a lot to do.
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Option 1,3,4
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Interpreting the rule of the house, Naming the representatives to committees and Deciding when the house should debate a bill, are the correct options.
As per the article First of section Two of the United states constitution, The speaker is the highest ranking member of house of Representatives. She is third in the order of precedence after President and Vice President. The speaker's election takes place at the beginning of new congressional session and is the highest ranking member of the house and elected by a vote of members house.The speaker's duties are to interpret the rules of the house, Deciding which bills will be debated and appointing the members of house committees.
