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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.

A
Congress cannot do anything in relation to the Fourteenth Amendment.
B
all states have the authority to make laws to apply the amendment.
C
all citizens will be subject to the same set of legal procedures.
D
Congress has the authority to make laws to apply the amendment.
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Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.[N]or shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.

A
anyone can enforce the law as long as they are citizens.
B
all states follow similar rules and legal processes.
C
any state can deprive its citizens of due process.
D
all non-citizens are not covered by due process.
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Through which clause did state governments become bound by the Bill of Rights?

A
the citizenship clause
B
the equal protection clause
C
the due process clause
D
the enforcement clause
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Which amendment resulted in the incorporation of the Bill of Rights?

A
the First Amendment
B
the Fifth Amendment
C
the Fifteenth Amendment
D
the Fourteenth Amendment
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In 1868, what was the most important reason to include the equal protection clause in the Fourteenth Amendment?

A
Women’s rights activists wanted equal protection.
B
African Americans were not protected under the law.
C
Southern whites were not protected under the law.
D
Immigrants wanted equal protection.
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Why did the Supreme Court expand the incorporation of the Bill of Rights?

A
to ensure they always had the last word
B
to ensure equal treatment for all citizens
C
to ensure all naturalized people could be citizens
D
to ensure all legal cases came before the Court
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After the Civil War, the federal government began to extend civil rights to African Americans by

A
passing amendments to the Constitution.
B
signing the Emancipation Proclamation.
C
paying reparations to them.
D
helping them move to the Northern states.

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