Equal Protections under the Law Answers

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According to the passage, what do the 14th Amendment and the Declaration of Independence state about citizenship?

A
Everyone born in the US can apply for citizenship.
B
Everyone born in the US has equal citizenship.
C
US traditions determine the type of citizenship people can have.
D
Everyone is created equal, but there are different types of citizenship.
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How has the Equal Protection Clause been used since the Reconstruction era? Choose two correct answers.to prevent certain specific groups from votingto extend marriage rights to same-sex couplesto stop the expansion of the Confederacy to new statesto protect children’s right to equal educational opportunitiesto change the process for amending the Constitution

A
to prevent certain specific groups from voting
B
to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples
C
to stop the expansion of the Confederacy to new states
D
to protect children’s right to equal educational opportunities
E
to change the process for amending the Constitution

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