The Fourteenth Amendment

Question 1

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 2

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 3

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.

Question 4

In the case Gitlow v. New York, Gitlow argued

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that his First Amendment rights were being violated.

Question 5

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 6

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 7

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 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.

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equal protection under the law.

Question 9

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 10

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

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

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