B. The northeast.
The northeast had more factories and more railroads than any other part of the country at that time.
False The Fourteenth Amendment<span> of </span><span>the </span>United States Constitution<span> was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the </span>Reconstruction Amendments<span>. The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the </span>American Civil War<span>. The amendment was bitterly contested, particularly by </span>Southern states<span>, which were forced to ratify it in order for them to regain representation in Congress. The Fourteenth Amendment, particularly its first section, is one of the most litigated parts of the Constitution, forming the basis for </span><span>l.</span>
