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The 14th Amendment:
- allows citizenship to any person born into the United States (that included slaves and former slaves)
- forbids any state to deny a person his or her natural rights "life, liberty, and property without due process of law or deny any person within a jurisdiction the equal protection of it's laws
- It ensured that blacks would be considered citizens.
Today, the Fourteenth Amendment is still important because the Supreme Court has held that it applies many of the protections in the Bill of Rights against the states.
The 14th amendment grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States," which included former slaves recently freed. In addition, it forbids states from denying any person "life, liberty or property, without due process of law" or to "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of its laws
It provided equal protection of the laws.
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∙ 13y agoThe 14th Amendment establishes natural and naturalized citizens, due process, sets up how many representatives each state will have, prohibits people from holding two sworn and elected offices at once, validates that national war debt, prohibits the US from holding responsibility for debt incurred due to insurrection, and allows congress the freedom to legislate in order to enforce the rules set out in the amendment.
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∙ 11y agoequal protection of the laws
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What were the reasons behind the fourteenth amendment?
To protect the rights of freedmen. The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed equality under the law for all citizens!
Was there an amendment that legalized slavery?
Yes, the fourteenth amendment legalized slavery.
Which amendment includes the due process and equal protection clauses?
14th 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments 14th It's the Fourteenth Amendment the 13th, 14th and 15th amendment ITS THE 14TH OMG
When was the 14th Amendment written?
The Fourteenth Amendment was proposed by Congress in 1866 and ratified by the states in 1868.
Was Tennessee the only state to ratify the fourteenth amendment?
Yes
Which amendment to the us constitution guarantee all persons equal access to public recreation facilities?
the fourteenth amendment
How did the fourteenth amendment guarantee citizenship to Africans?
they guranteed citizenship by giving the slaves the right to eat fried chicken
How did the fourteenth amendment guarantee citizenship to African Americans?
they guranteed citizenship by giving the slaves the right to eat fried chicken
What grants full citizenship to all individualize born in the US?
Fourteenth Amendment
When did Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan happen?
Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan happened in 1997.
What amendment guarantees due process of law?
The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments both guarantee the right of due process of the law. The Fifth Amendment is part of the Bill of Rights; the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, adopted in 1868, has been used to selectively incorporate the Bill of Rights to the states.
What does the fifthteen amendment guarantee?
What does the fifteenth amendment guarantee
Which two amendments in the constitution do both justice fortas and justice black refer to?
The Fourteenth Amendment
The Fifth Amendment protects people from federal government interference. Which amendment protects people from interference by each state government?
The Fourteenth Amendment o.O
The source of authority cited by the Supreme Court for applying the Bill of Rights to the states is?
the fourteenth amendment to the constitution
When was the 14th Amendment ratified?
The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified in 1868.
Which amendment sought to protect voting rights?
Fourteenth Amendment
