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Why did Congress ratify the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause in 1868?
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The 14th Amendment was ratified to overturn the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision (1857), which held that Black Americans—even free Black people—could never be U.S. citizens. The Citizenship Clause...
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