The Fourteenth Amendment Divided the Members of the Abolitionist Movement

question 7

Multiple Choice

The Fourteenth Amendment divided the members of the abolitionist movement primarily because it

• A)penalized states for abridging the voting rights of men but not those of women.
• B)included no enforcement measures,essentially making it a dead letter.
• C)failed to restore to African Americans the rights stripped from them by the Dred Scott case.
• D)guaranteed naturalized citizens the same rights as native-born citizens.

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