The ratification of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments

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The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution limited state powers to determine who within its borders was eligible to vote. The Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to all who were born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves, and the Fifteenth Amendment granted African American men the right to vote. These amendments were intended to protect the civil rights of newly freed slaves and ensure that their right to vote could not be denied by state governments.

The Ratification of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments