RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
PRESIDENT LINCOLNS LEGACY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Limit the power of the federal government
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Expand the civil rights of women
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Maintain competition in business
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Protect the rights of African Americans
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Detailed explanation-1: -"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of laws."
Detailed explanation-2: -14th Amendment-Citizenship Rights, Equal Protection, Apportionment, Civil War Debt.
Detailed explanation-3: -The State Action Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment declares that a state cannot make or enforce any law that abridges the privileges or immunities of any citizen.
Detailed explanation-4: -The amendment’s first section includes several clauses: the Citizenship Clause, Privileges or Immunities Clause, Due Process Clause, and Equal Protection Clause.
Detailed explanation-5: -On this interpretation, to abridge one citizens’ private-law privilege or immunities is to limit those rights relative to those of other citizens. As long as all citizens have the same property rights, for example, it does not matter what those rights are.