The Fourteenth Amendment

question 42

Multiple Choice

The Fourteenth Amendment

• A) forced state governments to abide by all of the provisions in the Bill of Rights.
• B) had no effect on state governments because it was designed to apply only to the federal government.
• C) forced state governments to abide by almost every provision in the Bill of Rights, but the process took more than 100 years.
• D) required states to abide by the First Amendment to the Constitution, but not any of the other amendments to the Constitution.

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Definitions:

Distributed

The process or state of spreading or dispersing something more widely.

Principal

In legal terms, the main party involved, such as the primary person in a contract or the person who grants authority in a power of attorney.

Agent

A person or entity authorized to act on behalf of another, typically in business or legal matters, and make decisions or take action.

Reimburse

To pay back or compensate for money spent or losses incurred.