Multiple Choice Questions

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.This Fourteenth Amendment clause is about
  • equal protection under the law
  • the First Amendment applied to state law through incorporation.
  • because then the Bill of Rights would cover both state and federal law
  • banned slavery with the Thirteenth Amendment and created new protections with the Fourteenth Amendment.
In 1868, what was the most important reason to include the equal protection clause in the Fourteenth Amendment?
  • equal protection under the law
  • because then the Bill of Rights would cover both state and federal law
  • sometimes be applied to the states by the court.
  • African Americans were not protected under the law.
Why were some framers in favor of incorporating the Bill of Rights?
  • equal protection under the law
  • banned slavery with the Thirteenth Amendment and created new protections with the Fourteenth Amendment.
  • the First Amendment applied to state law through incorporation.
  • because then the Bill of Rights would cover both state and federal law
After the Civil War, the federal government began to extend civil rights to African Americans by
  • passing amendments to the Constitution.
  • Congress has the authority to make laws to apply the amendment.
  • banned slavery with the Thirteenth Amendment and created new protections with the Fourteenth Amendment.
  • the First Amendment applied to state law through incorporation.
The practice of selective incorporation means that the Bill of Rights will
  • sometimes be applied to the states by the court.
  • African Americans were not protected under the law.
  • because then the Bill of Rights would cover both state and federal law
  • equal protection under the law
In order to extend the civil rights of slaves after the Civil War, the United States
  • the First Amendment applied to state law through incorporation.
  • equal protection under the law
  • banned slavery with the Thirteenth Amendment and created new protections with the Fourteenth Amendment.
  • because then the Bill of Rights would cover both state and federal law
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