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

A
states do not have to follow the Bill of Rights.
B
the Fourteenth Amendment applied to state law through incorporation.
C
the due process law cannot be used to incorporate the Bill of Rights.
D
the Fourteenth Amendment cannot be incorporated as needed.
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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.
4

What was the Supreme Court’s decision in Barron v. Baltimore in 1833?

A
The city of Baltimore owed Barron payment for damages
B
The Bill of Rights did not apply at the state level.
C
Naturalized citizens were guaranteed equal rights.
D
The city of Baltimore had violated the Fourteenth Amendment.
5

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.
6

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

A
banned slavery with the Fourteenth Amendment and created new protections with the Thirteenth Amendment.
B
banned slavery with the Fifteenth Amendment and created new protections with the Thirteenth Amendment.
C
banned slavery with the Thirteenth Amendment and created new protections with the Fourteenth Amendment.
D
banned slavery with the Fourteenth Amendment and created new protections with the Fifteenth Amendment.
7

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.
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

A
due process and equal protection under the law.
B
the right of citizenship and equal protection.
C
the right of citizenship and due process.
D
due process and the enforcement clause.
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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.

A
equal protection under the law.
B
the right of citizenship.
C
due process under the law.
D
states’ rights to enforce laws.
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The practice of selective incorporation means that the Bill of Rights will

A
always be applied to the states by the Court.
B
never be applied to the states by the Court.
C
sometimes be applied to the Court by the states.
D
sometimes be applied to the states by the Court.

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