Question

The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees:

•a. That states will not deny anyone equal protection of the laws.
•b. That everyone except criminals will be counted when figuring a state's number of representatives in Congress.
• c. The right to vote to all former slaves.
•d. The same rights as those named in the Fifth Amendment.

Answer 1

A

Step-by-step explanation:

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former slaves—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws