The Section of the Fourteenth Amendment That Had the Greatest

question 66

Multiple Choice

The section of the Fourteenth Amendment that had the greatest legal significance in subsequent years was the section that

• A) guaranteed the war debt of the United States.
• B) conferred citizenship on freedmen and prohibited states from abridging of their constitutional rights.
• C) withheld political power from prominent Confederates.
• D) penalized states that did not allow African Americans to vote.

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