Question

What did the 14th Amendment do? a. Itabolsihed slavery. b. It gave African Americans citiizenship and guaranteed them equal protection under the law. c. It ensured freedom of speech regardless of race. d. It guaranteed that states could never again secede from the Union. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

Answer 1

Answer:

It grants citizenship to "all people born or naturalized in the United States" which included former slaves who had just been freed after the Civil War.

Answer 2

Answer:

The answer is B

Explanation:

It gives people the right of protection no matter where you are from.