Question

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Answer 1

The fourteenth amendment grants citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed.

Answer 2

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was enacted on July 9, 1868, and awarded citizenship to “all persons born or adopted in the United States,” which incorporated earlier slaves newly released.

The Fourteenth Amendment provides meaning to citizenship, needs proper means and equal security under the law, and decreases delegation in Congress for states that reject conferring freedoms to its residents.