Civil Rights Act of 1866
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The act had three primary objectives for the integration of African Americans into the American society following the Civil War: 1.) a definition of American citizenship 2.) the rights which come with this citizenship and 3.) the unlawfulness to deprive any person of citizenship rights "on the basis of race, color, or prior condition of slavery or involuntary servitude."[3]The act accomplished these three primary objectives.[3]
The 14th Amendment
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After the Civil War, as part of Reconstruction, Congress passed the 14th Amendment on June 13, 1866 and ratified it on July 9, 1868. The amendment included birthright citizenship, incorporating this protection from the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and then focused on the states. It barred states from “abridging the privileges or immunities of citizens” and depriving “any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law,”incorporating this protection from the 5th Amendment. The 14th Amendment also prohibited the states from denying to “any person the equal protection of the laws.” It also penalized states that denied suffrage to male citizens over the age of 21 by reducing population used for proportional representation and banned public officials who participated in insurrection or rebellion from being public officials, unless Congress voted by two-thirds to remove the prohibition. The United States would not honor any claim for compensation for emancipated slaves, and Congress had the power to enforce the 14th Amendment with “appropriate legislation.”
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What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 prohibit?
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 prohibited discrimination of freedmen claiming to be citizens of the United States. They were still owed many more rights, but that would take years to accomplish.
Is the 14th Amendment the same as the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
The 14th Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 are similar in their declarations. However, with the ratification of the 14th Amendment, prohibiting a person from the ability to claim citizenship would be a federal crime.
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 do?
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 declared that anyone born on American soil, other than Native Americans, was a citizen of the United States. The Civil Rights Act also laid the groundwork for future civil rights debates.
Why was the Civil Rights Act of 1866 so important?
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was important because the ratification had abolished slavery, but not many rights had been passed to the freedmen. The Civil Rights Act granted them citizenship.
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I certainly do not agree with what Trump is doing with ICE, like at all, but when it comes to this particular argument, this right here is why we belong here and we are legally protected. The 14th Amendment was specifically about us.
THAT BEING SAID, these cacs will still find ways to fukk with us.