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The amendment was designed to grant citizenship to and protect the civil liberties of recently freed slaves. It did this by prohibiting states from denying or abridging the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, depriving any person of his life, liberty, or property without due process of law, or denying to any person within their jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

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How did the fourteenth amendment guarantee citizenship to African Americans?

they guranteed citizenship by giving the slaves the right to eat fried chicken


This kept many African America from voting even after the fifteenth amendment?

Even after the 15th Amendment many African Americans were kept from voting by intimidation. Whites used violence and fear of threats to control African Americans from new freedoms. Most African Americans were uneducated requiring honest assistance from people which left them victims sometimes to people who intended to control them.


What did the thirteenth amendment do for enslaved African-Americans?

This Amendment Freed African Americans and gave them some civil rights. This Amendment Freed African Americans and gave them some civil rights. This Amendment Freed African Americans and gave them some civil rights.


Which amendment made African Americans citizens?

All African Americans became citizens as a result of the 14th Amendment.


How did the fourteenth and fifteenth amendment improve the lives of African Americans?

the 14th amendment gave african american a citizenship and the 15th amendment it banned states from denying the vote to african americans


What group benefitted the most when the 15th amendment was passed?

african americans


Why did the radical republicans in congress turn to constitutional amendment to guarantee the rights of African Americans?

because if they secured their rights in an amendment, then they can essentially "use" or "gain" more votes for the officials they wanted because the Republicans (North) had secured their rights which ultimately made the African Americans happy/ falter away from the Southerns who had used them as slaves.


How did the thirteenth amendment expand the rights for African Americans?

The Thirteenth Amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States, marking a significant legal turning point for African Americans. By formally ending the institution of slavery, it granted African Americans freedom and the legal right to pursue opportunities in education, employment, and personal autonomy. Although the amendment alone did not guarantee full equality or protection from discrimination, it laid the foundation for subsequent civil rights advancements and legislative measures that aimed to secure and expand African Americans' rights.


How. did the fourteenth. amendment. and fifteenth. amendments improve the lives of Africans Americans?

the 14th amendment gave african american a citizenship and the 15th amendment it banned states from denying the vote to african americans


The 24th amendment helped African Americans to vote by?

The twenty-fourth amendment helped African Americans to vote by eliminating poll taxes.


Who was given suffrage with the 15th amendment?

African Americans


Which three amendments that were passed almost 100 years earlier guaranteed that African Americans had the right to vote?

The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment were passed to guarantee that blacks have the right to vote.

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