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Reconstruction Era | The Radical Revolution | 2

American History Tellers

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The 14th Amendment to the Civil Rights Act

The 14th amendment established national citizenship that no state could abridge. It did not expand voting rights but it did offer states an incentive to enfranchise black men or risk having their number of congressional seats reduced. The next day a confrontation between black soldiers and white policemen would spark an explosion of racial violence in memphis.

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