Brown v. Board of Education

Question 2 • EF English 12 - 1st 9 Weeks (New)

How did the Fourteenth Amendment address the status of African Americans after the Thirteenth Amendment?

Answer

It called for them to be enslaved again.

It required them to fill out special application forms if they wanted to become citizens.

It allowed them to vote but did not require them to pay taxes.

It granted them citizenship by stating that all people born in the United States were citizens.

Explanation

The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, but it did not define citizenship. The Fourteenth Amendment addressed that issue by declaring that all people born or naturalized in the United States are citizens. Therefore, the correct choice is D, which says it granted citizenship to people born in the United States.

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