To Help Corporations, the Courts Ingeniously Interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment

question 5

Multiple Choice

To help corporations, the courts ingeniously interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment, which was designed to protect the rights of ex-slaves, so as to

• A) help freedmen to work in factories.
• B) incorporate big businesses.
• C) allow the captains of industry to avoid paying taxes.
• D) avoid corporate regulation by the states.
• E) protect the civil rights of business people.

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