Question

Read the passage on the 14th Amendment.

The 14th Amendment was one of three Reconstruction amendments passed after the Civil War. Section 2 of the amendment overturns the three-fifths rule for determining state representation in the US House of Representatives. It also declares that states cannot deny voting rights to male citizens 21 and older unless they have participated in a crime. The voting restriction was meant to punish Confederates for rebelling in the Civil War. However, states have used the restriction to prevent people convicted of crimes from voting. These laws have affected African Americans and Latinos unfairly.

Which statement best explains how states have applied Section 2?

States have allowed people to vote who should not have that right.
States have made every effort to honor the equal protection clause.
States have applied that part of the amendment as it was intended.
States have limited the amendment’s efforts to expand individual rights.

Answer 1

States have applied Section 2 of the 14th Amendment by limiting the amendment’s efforts to expand individual rights.

Step-by-step explanation:

The passage states that Section 2 of the 14th Amendment overturns the three-fifths rule for determining state representation in the US House of Representatives. It also declares that states cannot deny voting rights to male citizens 21 and older unless they have participated in a crime. While the voting restriction was intended to punish Confederates for rebelling in the Civil War, states have used it to prevent people convicted of crimes from voting, disproportionately affecting African Americans and Latinos.

Answer 2

Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
What 3 things did the 14th Amendment do?
Passed by the Senate on June 8, 1866, and ratified two years later, on July 9, 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with "equal protection under the laws," extending the provisions of ...