Which statement explains why the Fourteenth Amendment was included in the U.S Constitution?(1 point)
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As a result of the Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment extended civil rights and protections to freed enslaved people.
As a result of the Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment extended civil rights and protections to freed enslaved people.
As a result of the Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment extended civil rights and protections to women across the nation.
As a result of the Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment extended civil rights and protections to women across the nation.
As a result of the Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment provided rights to children to fight in the war.
As a result of the Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment provided rights to children to fight in the war.
As a result of the Civil War, the Founding Fathers extended civil rights to freed enslaved people.
As a result of the Civil War, the Founding Fathers extended civil rights to freed enslaved people.
The correct statement explaining why the Fourteenth Amendment was included in the U.S. Constitution is:
"As a result of the Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment extended civil rights and protections to freed enslaved people."
This amendment sought to provide equal protection under the laws to all citizens, specifically addressing the legal status of the newly freed slaves. It established citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was ratified on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. The other options are incorrect, as the Fourteenth Amendment did not specifically extend civil rights and protections to women across the nation, did not provide rights to children to fight in the war, and the term "Founding Fathers" typically refers to the group associated with the founding of the United States and the drafting of the original Constitution, not the post-Civil War period when the Fourteenth Amendment was drafted and ratified.