The Fourteenth Amendment

Question 1

The enforcement clause of the Fourteenth Amendment states that Congress has the authority to

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make laws to apply the amendment.

Question 2

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 3

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 4

most

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African Americans were not protected under the law.

Question 5

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

Question 6

Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.No state shall make or enforce any law which shall [take away] the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.

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equal protection under the law.

Question 7

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

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the due process clause

Question 8

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 9

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 10

In the case Gitlow v. New York, Gitlow argued

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that his First Amendment rights were being violated.

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