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What is the significance of the 14th Amendment?

A. It specifies restrictions on the National Government regarding basic rights.

B. It holds that the States can determine for themselves which parts of the Bill of Rights apply to their State.

C. It specifies which rights are "basic or essential to the liberty of the American people.

D. It provides that the States, like the Federal Government, cannot deny basic rights to their people.

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I believe it is D, that the states cannot deny basic rights of any American, born or nationalized.
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