jul 9, 1868 - Fourtneenth Ammendment
Description:
Guaranteed that everyone born or naturalized in the United States and under its jurisdiction would be a United States citizen. It also ensured that federal citizenship was also made primary, which meant that states could not prevent freed slaves from obtaining state citizenship and thus federal citizenship. As such, the Fourteenth Amendment effectively overturned Sanford v. Scott.Added to timeline:
Date:
jul 9, 1868
Now
~ 158 years ago