Question

How did the April 1866 Civil Rights Act contradicted the Supreme Court's

1857 Dred Scott decision?

Answer 1

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was the first federal law to affirm that all U.S. citizens are equally protected under the law. The Act also defined citizenship and made it illegal to deny any person the rights of citizenship on the basis of their race or color.

Following the Civil War, Congress passed a series of laws to implement the 13th Amendment banning slavery and to eliminate its vestiges. One of these laws, the Civil Rights act of 1866 banned discrimination in the sale, transfer, lease or use of property, including real estate and housing.

Answer 2

Civil Rights Act of 1866

First United States federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law (especially African-Americans)

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 (14 Stat. 27–30, enacted April 9, 1866, but not ratified until 1870) was the first United States federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. It was mainly intended, in the wake of the American Civil War, to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent born in or brought to the United States.

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