Introduction

This blog is about the XIV Amendment, which was ratified in 1861.



The Importance of the 14th Amendment

       This Amendment was important while the Civil War was going on.  This amendment talks about just freed blacks slaves, confederate states verses the union, Civil War government debt, and enforcement during the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  The importance of this amendment is becasue it expands the definition of who is considered a legal United States citizen.