Question

What was the main point of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Answer 1

The main point of the 14th Amendment is to grant citizenship to the slaves.

Answer: B

Explanation

Among all the amendments, the fourteenth amendment is the most important.

This amendment shows that every individuals born in the U.S are citizens by birth including African Americans.

This amendment is important because it was put forward at a time when slavery existed, the slaves being African Americans.

Through this many of the former slaves were provided with US citizenship.

The Civil rights of 1866 established this concept as right many years back. But it was enforced only when it became an amendment.