The correct answer is D.States infringing on citizens' rights
Step-by-step explanation:
The Fourteenth Amendment enacted in 1868, recognized and established African Americans had the same rights as the rest of the population and therefore they should be granted citizenship and equal rights including civil and legal rights. This Amendment was enacted to address the states infringing on African Americans' rights because before this Amendment and due to slavery, African Americans were not granted any right and were considered as property rather than people. This implied for many years states and individuals violated the basic rights of African Americans based on race and their former state of slavers. Thus, the Fourteenth Amendment was enacted to address the wrongs of States infringing on citizens' rights.