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Which piece of Reconstruction legislation granted citizenship to African Americans?

Athe Thirteenth Amendment
Bthe Fourteenth Amendment
Cthe Black Codes
Dthe Emancipation Proclamation

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It was the "Fourteenth Amendment" that granted citizenship to African Americans, since it granted citizenship to all natural born people of the United States--many of whom were recently freed slaves.

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The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former enslaved people—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.” One of three amendments passed during the Reconstruction era to abolish slavery and

Explanation:

ITS B). FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT

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