The Fourteenth Amendment

question 55

Multiple Choice

The Fourteenth Amendment

• A) passed despite the opposition of Charles Sumner.
• B) specifically defined suffrage as one of the civil rights to which freedpeople were entitled.
• C) represented a compromise between the moderate and conservative positions on race.
• D) marked the most important change in the U.S. Constitution since the Bill of Rights.
• E) placed into the U.S. Constitution an essential holding of the Dred Scott decision.

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Break-Even Point

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