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Question 12 • US History Studies Since 1877

Which of these granted citizenship to all African Americans?

Answer
A
the Fourteenth Amendment
B
the Black Codes
C
the Reconstruction Acts
D
the Thirteenth Amendment

Explanation

The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, established that all people born or naturalized in the United States are citizens. This granted citizenship to African Americans, including formerly enslaved people. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, but did not itself grant citizenship.

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