The Fourteenth Amendment

Question 1

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 2

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

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the Fourteenth Amendment

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

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 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

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 7

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 8

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 9

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

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the due process clause

Question 10

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.

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