The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution declared all persons born or naturalized in the United States to be U.S. citizens. It was adopted in 1868.
The 13th amendment abolished slavery. The 14th amendment declared all persons born or naturalized in the US to be citizens. The 15th amendment established due process and the equal protection under the law and suffrage for blacks.
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The 14th amendment
This amendment declared that all persons born or naturalized in the United States were entitled equal rights regardless of their race, and that their rights were protected at both the state and national levels.
made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the country (provided a constitutional basis for the Civil Rights Act)
The 14th amendment to the US Constitution provided citizenship to all persons born in the US. It states: 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.
The 14th amendment deals with citizenship. It does not quite say that all persons born in US are citizens-- only those born in US and and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. I am not a lawyer, but it seems to me that foreign nationals would not automatically become citizens by this amendment if they happen to be born in the US.
The Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which declared all persons who were either born or naturalized in the United States, equal protection under the law. The principle reason for the Equal Protection Clause was to guarantee that the newly freed slaves were entitled to the same protections under the law as white citizens.
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The 14th amendment is considered to be the great amendment because it granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
The 14th Amendment outlawed slavery and granted civil rights and liberties to African-Americans. The 15th Amendment prohibited the government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race.