What was the 14th amendment about? What did it do to our society?

granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States including former slaves and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.

and All persons born or naturalized in the United States, granting citizenship to former slaves.

Explanation:

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n:

b. second continental congress