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The Fourteenth Amendment

Question 8 • * HSA 26-27 US Government

Which amendment resulted in the incorporation of the Bill of Rights?

Answer
A
the First Amendment
B
the Fifth Amendment
C
the Fifteenth Amendment
D
the Fourteenth Amendment

Explanation

The Bill of Rights originally limited the federal government, not state governments. The Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause was later used to apply most of those protections to the states, a process called incorporation. Therefore, the correct choice is the Fourteenth Amendment.

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