What effect did the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, have on former slaves?
a. recognized them as three-fifths of a person in the determination of representation in the U.S. House of Representatives
b. granted them citizenship
c. upheld slavery as an institution in the southern states
d. gave the right to state governments to determine if slavery is legal within their borders
e. granted reparations for their former enslavement
ANS: B
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