The ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment ________.

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The Fourteenth Amendment eventually provided a constitutional basis for the federal government to eliminate legal segregation in the South. While the amendment did not immediately establish social and political equality for former slaves in the South, it did prevent former Confederate states from adopting laws that discriminated against African Americans and laid the groundwork for future civil rights legislation. The amendment's significance in the development of American federalism is its expansion of federal power over the states in protecting individual rights.

The Ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment ________