Question

3. How did the 14" Amendment impact civil rights?

Answer 1

14th Amendment gave the black community their civil rights so they weren't treated badly like they were used to.

Answer 2

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