Question 1

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 2

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 3

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 4

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

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the due process clause

Question 5

In 1868, what was the most important reason to include the equal protection clause in the Fourteenth Amendment?

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African Americans were not protected under the law.

Question 6

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

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the Fourteenth Amendment

Question 7

This Fourteenth Amendment clause means that

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Congress has the authority to make laws to apply the amendment.

Question 8

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 9

Why was the Supreme Court's ruling important in Gitlow v. New York?

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because it used the due process law to interpret the issue of incorporation

Question 10

At the time it was written, this clause originally applied to

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federal law only.

Question 11

The cartoon shows an officer from the federal government

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protecting freed African Americans.

Question 12

This clause ensures that

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all states follow similar rules and legal processes.

Question 13

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 14

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.

Question 15

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 16

In the case Gitlow v. New York, Gitlow argued

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that his First Amendment rights were being violated.

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