美国宪法第14项修正案于1868年7月28日被批准了

在1868年7月28日，美国宪法第14项修正案被批准了。这项修正案赋予「所有出生或归化美国的人」都享有公民资格，包括在内战退出后获得自由的奴隶在内。虽然许多南方州反对这项修正案，但是仍有四分之三的州同意支持这样修正案，所以最后还是得到通过。被称为「重建修正案」的第14项修正案规定任何州在「没有依照法定程序之下，不能剥夺任何人的生命、自由或财产」，或者「剥夺每个人有接受公平审判的机会」。


On July 28, 1868, the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. The amendment grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" which included former slaves who had just been freed after the Civil War. The amendment had been rejected by most Southern states but was ratified by the required three-fourths of the states. Known as the "Reconstruction Amendment," it forbids any state to deny any person "life, liberty or property, without due process of law" or to "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of its laws."

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