What Provision of the Fourteenth Amendment Serves as a Cornerstone

question 40

Multiple Choice

What provision of the Fourteenth Amendment serves as a cornerstone of our understanding of civil rights?

• A) the all men are created equal clause
• B) the equal protection clause
• C) the privileges and immunities clause
• D) the Equal Rights Amendment
• E) the grandfather clause

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