Question

A key issue in the post-Civil War era, the 14th Amendment guarantees which of the selections below under the laws for all citizens?
Select one:

A. equal protection

B. the right to levy taxes

C. a fair trial

D. a well-regulated militia

Answer 1

The correct answer is A: equal protection.

Further Explanation:

The fourteenth amendment was integral in granting equal rights to all citizens of the United States. This was not only for the citizens born in the country but naturalized citizens, former/freed slaves,  and all children born to people not naturalized Americans.

The fourteenth amendment timeline is listed below;

• 06-08-1866 - By a vote of 33-11 the fourteenth amendment passed the Senate.
• 06-13-1866 - By a vote of 120-32 the fourteenth amendment passed the House of Representatives.
• 06-18-1866 -  United States Statutes at Large, entered the amendment into text.
• 06-22-1866 - President Andrew Jackson announced that the the amendment was sent to be ratified by the states.
• 07-28-1868 - A proclamation stating the ratification was certified.

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