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 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 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 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.
The correct statement is:
As a result of the Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment extended civil rights and protections to freed enslaved people.
The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States— which included former enslaved people—and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,” one of the key provisions of this amendment. It was one of the Reconstruction Amendments adopted during the Reconstruction era following the Civil War. The amendment sought to address the rights of the newly freed slaves and to provide legal and civil protections that had been lacking under the institution of slavery. Women's suffrage, children's rights, and the intentions of the Founding Fathers were not the central focuses of the Fourteenth Amendment.