The Fourteenth Amendmnet

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Why were some framers in favor of incorporating the Bill of Rights?
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because then the Bill of Rights would cover both state and federal law
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The citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment says a naturalized person
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NOT must have the same rights to become a citizen as someone born in another country.
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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. This Fourteenth Amendment clause means that
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Congress has the authority to make laws to apply the amendment.
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The cartoon shows an officer from the federal government protecting freed African Americans.
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protecting freed African Americans.
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At the time it was written, this clause originally applied to 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.
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Which amendment resulted in the incorporation of the Bill of Rights?
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the Fourteenth Amendment
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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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The enforcement clause of the Fourteenth Amendment states that Congress has the authority to
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make laws to apply the amendment.
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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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Through which clause did state governments become bound by the Bill of Rights?
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the due process clause
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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. This clause ensures that
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all citizens obey similar rules and legal processes.
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The Fourteenth Amendment made the Constitution superior to state law because
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the Fourteenth Amendment applied to state law through incorporation.
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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
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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.
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Why did the Supreme Court expand the incorporation of the Bill of Rights?
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to ensure equal treatment for all citizens