Question

Fourteenth Amendment did which of the following:

(Select all that apply.)
Abolished slavery in the United States.
Defined U.S. citizens as all people born or naturalized in the United States.
Reversed the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision, making former slaves citizens of the U.S. for the first time.
Granted all adult U.S. citizens the right to vote.
Promised equal protection of the law to all U.S. citizens and said that states could not abridge the rights of
individuals.

Answer 1

The fourteenth amendment:

-Defined U.S. citizens as all people born or naturalized in the United States.

-Reversed the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision, making former slaves citizens of the U.S. for the first time.

-Promised equal protection of the law to all U.S. citizens and said that states could not abridge the rights of

individuals.