jul 9, 1868 - Fourteenth Amendment
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The 14th amendment to the Constitution is ratified, which contained four main sections:
Section 1: All "privileges and immunities" of federal citizenship are granted to anyone born or naturalized in the US, which cannot be infringed upon by state laws.
Section 2: House of Representatives seats must be based on its total population, including blacks. The right to vote is guaranteed to all male citizens 21 years or older.
Section 3: No one who has taken up arms against the government (ie former Confederates) can hold any federal office, unless overturned by a 2/3 Congress vote.
Section 4: No government, state or federal, is responsible for debts or lost slaves incurred by Confederates from the war.
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