The Fourteenth Amendment

Question 1

most

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African Americans were not protected under the law.

Question 2

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 3

In the case Gitlow v. New York, Gitlow argued

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that his First Amendment rights were being violated.

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

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 6

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 7

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 8

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.

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

Question 9

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 10

One way the Fourteenth Amendment shows that the Constitution is superior to state law is

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the Fourteenth Amendment applied to state law through incorporation.

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