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It is still important today. If you are arrested it gives you equal protection and prevents citizens from being held illegally deprived of life, liberty, or property. It also provides for due process which means if you aren't given the correct information or order of events like reading of Rights ( Miranda decision comes from this) the arrest hasn't followed due process.
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Which amendment made African Americans citizens?
All African Americans became citizens as a result of the 14th Amendment.
Which amendment said that the states could not deny a person equal protection of the laws?
The 14th Amendment
Which amendment was passed by Congress so that the Civil Rights Act of 1866 could not be repealed?
14th Amendment
When was the 14th Amendment ratified?
The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified in 1868.
What amendment guarantees constituional rights for all citizens regardless of race?
The 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to all races (if born in America), due process, as well as equal protection. However, the 13th amendment abolishes slavery, and the 15th gives them the right to vote (only men). The 14th amendment is also used to incorporate other amendments to the states', and give the right to privacy (such as in the Roe v. Wade trial for abortion).
Why is the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution important to immigrants?
The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution important to immigrants because it provides them for citizenship through naturalization.
What amendment introduced the right of due process?
The 5th Amendment introduced it; the 14th Amendment applied it to local governments.
Which constitutional amendment extended citizenship to formerly enslaved people?
The correct answer is The 14th Amendment
Which amendment made African Americans citizens?
All African Americans became citizens as a result of the 14th Amendment.
Which of the following measures declared that all persons born in the US were citizens of the US?
The 14th amendment
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
The 14th amendment was important to Clarence Gideon because it gave him?
Freedom of Speech
If the 13th Amendment abolished slavery why was the 14th Amendment necessary?
The 14th amendment was nessacary because even though the 13th abolished slavery southerns were still stopping black people from voting so the 14th punished anyone that stopped them from voting. :)
Why is the 14th amendment important today?
because if it wasn't for the amendment the votes wouldn't count fully because of the discrimination of people
Which amendment did the Supreme Court cite in its Roe v Wade decision?
14th Amendment
What is the nickname for the 14th amendment?
The nickname for the 14th amendment is the "Equal Protection Amendment."
Why did Congress add the 14th amendment to the declaration when they did?
Why did Congress add the 14th amendment?
