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The Fourteenth Amendment Answers

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Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.No state shall make or enforce any law which shall [take away] the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.

equal protection under the law.

the right of citizenship.

due process under the law.

states’ rights to enforce laws.

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Through which clause did state governments become bound by the Bill of Rights?

the citizenship clause

the equal protection clause

the due process clause

the enforcement clause

Look at the political cartoon.

protecting Southern whites.

protecting freed African Americans.

unable to protect Southern whites.

unable to protect freed African Americans.

most

Women’s rights activists wanted equal protection.

African Americans were not protected under the law.

Southern whites were not protected under the law.

Immigrants wanted equal protection.

In order to extend the civil rights of slaves after the Civil War, the United States

banned slavery with the Fourteenth Amendment and created new protections with the Thirteenth Amendment.

banned slavery with the Fifteenth Amendment and created new protections with the Thirteenth Amendment.

banned slavery with the Thirteenth Amendment and created new protections with the Fourteenth Amendment.

banned slavery with the Fourteenth Amendment and created new protections with the Fifteenth Amendment.

Why was the Supreme Court’s ruling important in Gitlow v. New York with respect to due process?

because it used the definition of citizenship to interpret the issue of incorporation

because Gitlow's legal rights were used to interpret the issue of incorporation

because the Supreme Court believed Gitlow was guilty

because the Supreme Court believed Gitlow was innocent

Read the excerpt from the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

state law only.

federal law only.

state and federal law.

local, state, and federal law.

Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.[N]or shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.

anyone can enforce the law as long as they are citizens.

all states follow similar rules and legal processes.

any state can deprive its citizens of due process.

all non-citizens are not covered by due process.

Why were some members of Congress in favor of incorporating the Bill of Rights with regard to the Fourteenth Amendment?

the Bill of Rights would cover both state and federal laws

the Bill of Rights would protect both citizens and noncitizens

only federal laws would need to be followed

only state laws would need to be followed

What was the Supreme Court’s decision in Barron v. Baltimore in 1833?

The city of Baltimore owed Barron payment for damages

The Bill of Rights did not apply at the state level.

Naturalized citizens were guaranteed equal rights.

The city of Baltimore had violated the Fourteenth Amendment.

The citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment says a naturalized person

is not a citizen and cannot become a citizen of the United States.

is a citizen, just like someone who was born in the United States.

must have been born in the United States, not in another country.

must have been born in a country other than the United States.

One way the Fourteenth Amendment shows that the Constitution is superior to state law is

states do not have to follow the Bill of Rights.

the Fourteenth Amendment applied to state law through incorporation.

the due process law cannot be used to incorporate the Bill of Rights.

the Fourteenth Amendment cannot be incorporated as needed.

Why did the Supreme Court expand the incorporation of the Bill of Rights?

to ensure they always had the last word

to ensure equal treatment for all citizens

to ensure all naturalized people could be citizens

to ensure all legal cases came before the Court

The practice of selective incorporation means that the Bill of Rights will

always be applied to the states by the Court.

never be applied to the states by the Court.

sometimes be applied to the Court by the states.

sometimes be applied to the states by the Court.

After the Civil War, the federal government began to extend civil rights to African Americans by

passing amendments to the Constitution.

signing the Emancipation Proclamation.

paying reparations to them.

helping them move to the Northern states.

Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

Congress cannot do anything in relation to the Fourteenth Amendment.

all states have the authority to make laws to apply the amendment.

all citizens will be subject to the same set of legal procedures.

Congress has the authority to make laws to apply the amendment.

In the case Gitlow v. New York, Gitlow argued

that his First Amendment rights were being violated.

that he couldn't be convicted of the same crime twice.

that his Sixth Amendment rights guaranteed him the right to a jury.

that he couldn't be jailed without being charged with a crime.