The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on July 9th‚ 1868. It helped grant citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States (Primary Documents in American History).” One of the reasons the amendment was made to help former slaves become citizens after the civil war. They were being denied the right to become citizens after slavery had been abolished. One of the main points in the Amendment was that states can not denounce land‚ freedom or life from
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Civil War Amendments For four long years‚ a war raged on‚ a war being fought for the freedom of slaves. These men and women were held in bondage and seen as property by their owners. Brothers fought against brothers‚ to preserve the union‚ but also for the rights of African- Americans held in slavery. The war’s end brought a victory for the Union and freedom for the slaves. With Lincoln’s influence‚ constitutional amendments were ratified that provided the newly freed slaves with the right to vote
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The First Amendment "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." -- Amendment One‚ Bill of Rights‚ United States Constitution Perhaps the most well known of all the amendments to the Constitution‚ the First Amendment contains many of the fundamental freedoms that American
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organized racial segregation in the United States. This was achieved because it was thought that blacks were believed to be inferior to whites. This organized segregation was done by a series of changes to the law in the south known as the Jim Crow laws. The first time that the United States government made a ruling whether or not these laws were actually legitimate under the US constitution was with the Plessey v Ferguson case. They were upheld granting states the ability to institute segregation
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The Fifth Amendment In 1966‚ there was a supreme case called Miranda v. Arizona which the Supreme Court ruled that the fifth amendment privilege againest self incrimination requires law enforcement to advise a suspect that before a custodial interrigation‚ a suspect must be informed of both his or her privileges against incriminating oneself and to obtain an attorney. Miranda warnings must be given before any questioning by law enforcement officials. The fifth amendment was developed because the
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of rights‚ the constitution and the amendments of the constitution are the national foundation of freedom. The 14th amendment has become one of the most important parts of the constitution. The 14th amendment is divided into four sections. The 14th Amendment was designed in 1868 to stamp out lawless tyranny. Section one is to make former slaves citizens. The 14th amendment states‚ “All persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they
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The Fourteenth Amendment addresses various aspects of citizenship in the United States as well as the rights citizens are afforded. The most profound clause used in this Amendment is the due process clause which addresses equal protection of the laws. Overall the goal of the 14th Amendment was to ensure the enactment of the Civil Rights Act (1866) remained valid to ensure that every person born in the United States were citizens and were entitled to full and equal benefit of all laws. Nonetheless
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The fourteenth amendment covers equal protection as well as due process. One of the most influential amendments that is still playing a huge role even today in the court system is the equal protection clause. This clause which states in section 1 “No State shall… deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” In section 5‚ the Amendment establishes the federal civil rights legislation: “The Congress shall have power to enforce‚ by appropriate legislation‚ the provisions
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The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits states from denying anyone in the state equal protection from the laws set by the state government. The clause is to protect individuals from being treated differently and unfairly based on their differences. After the civil war when slaves were free people were unclear of where slaves would fit into the county and the rights they would hold. The 14th amendment explained the rights of the newly freed slaves
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GAY RIGHTS FINAL The 14th amendment‚ passed by Congress on June 13‚ 1866‚ and ratified on July 9‚ 1868‚ under the presidency of Andrew Johnson. The fourteenth Amendment is one of the reconstruction Amendments‚ it addresses citizenship rights‚ and the equal protection of the laws. Gay rights and same sex marriage is protected by the Due Process Clause‚ and the Equal Protection Clause of the fourteenth amendment. All persons born or naturalized in the United States‚ and subject to the jurisdiction
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