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Gives citizenship to former slaves?

The 14th amendment did.


What did the 15 amendment do to the newly freed slaves?

Gives citizenship rights to former slaves.


Which constitutional amendment extended citizenship to formerly enslaved people?

The correct answer is The 14th Amendment


What the 14 Amendment?

Citizenship Clause - the citizenship clause gives individual born in the United States, but especially at that time, African Americans the right to citizenship.


What do the Fourteenth Amendment and the First Amendment have in common?

The first amendment gives US citizens the rights of free speech, peaceful assembly, etc. They're also called our "Basic Civil Liberties," which give us rights as US citizens. The 14th amendment gave rights to people of slave descent, or people who were former slaves, the rights stated in the 1st amendment.


What amendment gives slaves freedom?

The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States. This amendment granted freedom to slaves and laid the foundation for the end of one of the most oppressive institutions in American history.


What amendment is US citizenship defined in?

Hmm...Citizenship is defined in the Constitution itself - Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 gives congress the power to determine citizenship. The Constitution does say that anyone living in the United States upon ratification is a US citizen. Also note that citizenship for Black Americans is solidified in the fourteenth amendment, which overturned the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision.


What amendment guaranteed us citizenship to African-Americans?

the Civil Rights Act of 1866


An arm as in the second amendment?

The second amendment refers to the human limbs on the upper body. It gives the right to Americans to be able to use their arms, while if they did not have citizenship, a bear would have to maul their arms to stubs.


What rights does the fourteenth amendment gives citizens?

The 14th amendment to the US Constitution provides a broad definition of citizenship. The 14th amendment states..in partial that "All persons born or natualized in the United States,and subject to the jurisdiction therof, are citizens of the United States.


Which amendment gives you freedom from the press?

the first amendment gives you freedom of the press


What amendment gives newspapers the right to print?

The 1st amendment gives freedom of the press.