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Constitutional Amendments

Question 17 • Mad 2017 Phy Sci B -33 SS

What does the Fourteenth Amendment provide?Check all of the boxes that apply.

Answer
A
Equality under the law for all citizens
B
Citizenship for African Americans
C
The right to vote for African Americans
D
Emancipation of enslaved people
E
A guarantee of due process of law

Explanation

The Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to people born or naturalized in the United States, including formerly enslaved African Americans. It also guarantees equal protection under the law and due process, so A, B, and E apply. The right to vote was addressed by the Fifteenth Amendment, and emancipation was established by the Thirteenth Amendment.

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