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What did the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment
allow the Court to do?

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Answer:

Require state governments to provide Bill of Rights protections to their citizens.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the Supreme Court's reading of the Fourteenth Amendment, state governments must include residents with Bill of Rights provisions.

The 14th Amendment, which was ratified on July 9, 1868, gave citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former black slaves. While the Amendment did not cover the states at the outset, the Supreme Court held that the Amendment should not be applied to them. As a result, it was difficult for African Americans to reap the full benefits of the Amendment during the Reconstruction era.

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