The first two years of Congressional Reconstruction saw Southern states rewrite their Constitutions and the ratification of which amendment?

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26 September, 16:20

The first two years of Congressional Reconstruction saw Southern states rewrite their Constitutions and the ratification of which amendment?

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Steve · Answer 1

Answer: Fourteenth Amendment.

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Southern states strongly contested the Fourteenth Amendment, and were finally forced to ratify it as a condition to be able to return their delegations to Congress. The amendment had ben proposed in 1866 and was ratified in 1868 to adress the situation of freedmen following the war, proposing citizenship rights and equality of the laws.