The Fourteenth Amendment - Quiz Quiz

Question 1

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

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A: the Bill of Rights would cover both state and federal laws

Question 2

To become a citizen of the United States, a person must

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A: have been born or naturalized in the United States.

Question 3

Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. This Fourteenth Amendment clause means that

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A: Congress has the authority to make laws to apply the amendment.

Question 4

The citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment says a naturalized person

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C: is a citizen, just like someone who was born in the United States.

Question 5

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

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

Question 6

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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D: due process and equal protection under the law.

Question 7

To become a citizen of the United States, a person must

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A: have been born or naturalized in the United States.

Question 8

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. This Fourteenth Amendment clause is about

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B: the right of citizenship.

Question 9

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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C: due process and equal protection under the law.

Question 10

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

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B: sometimes be applied to the states by the Court.

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