The Fourteenth Amendment

Question 1

The citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment says a naturalized person

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

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

Why did the Supreme Court expand the incorporation of the Bill of Rights?

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to ensure equal treatment for all citizens

Question 4

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 5

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 6

Look at the political cartoon.

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protecting freed African Americans.

Question 7

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 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

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

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the Fourteenth Amendment

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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