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Why was the 14th Amendment necessary, after the Civil Rights Act of
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Answer: The 14th amendment to the U.S constitution ratified in 1868 granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the untied states including former slaves and guaranteed all citizen equal protection of laws.

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