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Why did Congress ratify the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause in 1868?

Explanation

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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