3.11 The Fourteenth Amendment

Question 1

In order to extend the civil rights of slaves after the Civil War, the United States

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banned slavery with the Thirteenth Amendment and created new protections with the Fourteenth Amendment.

Question 2

The practice of selective incorporation means that the Bill of Rights will

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sometimes be applied to the states by the Court.

Question 3

What was the Supreme Court’s decision in Barron v. Baltimore in 1833?

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The Bill of Rights did not apply at the state level.

Question 4

Through which clause did state governments become bound by the Bill of Rights?

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the due process clause

Question 5

Read the excerpt from the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

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federal law only.

Question 6

After the Civil War, the federal government began to extend civil rights to African Americans by

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passing amendments to the Constitution.

Question 7

If two people of different ethnic backgrounds were guilty of the same crime, but only one of them were accused and tried, this would be a violation of

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due process and equal protection under the law.

Question 8

Which amendment resulted in the incorporation of the Bill of Rights?

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the Fourteenth Amendment

Question 9

Why was the Supreme Court’s ruling important in Gitlow v. New York with respect to due process?

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because Gitlow's legal rights were used to interpret the issue of incorporation

Question 10

Why were some members of Congress in favor of incorporating the Bill of Rights with regard to the Fourteenth Amendment?

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the Bill of Rights would cover both state and federal laws

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