The correct answer is C.
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1868 as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.
It granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and guaranteed all citizens equal protection of the law.
The Due Process Clause prohibits state and local governments from depriving persons of life, liberty or property without a fair procedure.
The Equal Protection Clause requires each state to provide equal protection under the law to all people, including all non-citizens, within its jurisdiction.
<em>The Amendment expanded existing civil liberties and required governments to apply means to provide them.</em>
