Which piece of reconstruction legislation granted citizenship to african americans? the thirteenth amendment the fourteenth amendment the black codes the emancipation proclamation

the Fourteenth Amendment

The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified in 1868 and provided citizenship to all persons born or naturalized to the US.

The Fourteenth Amendment basically stated no law could take away a person's basic rights. The rights of the citizen must be protected and are guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. The amendment came to be interpreted that all men would be considered citizens and would be protected by the laws of the Constitution.

the intolerable acts were punitive laws passed by the british parliament in 1774 after the boston tea party. in great britain, these laws were referred to as the coercive acts.