Analyze why the addition of the Fourteenth Amendment was necessary. Choose the best answer
A: To limit the powers held by the states, prevent unjust treatment, and ensure equal rights for all citizens
B: To give the states more power so the federal government could not limit the states' authority
C: To further explain the rights granted in the Fourteenth Amendment, which guaranteed freedom to people who had been enslaved
D: To clarify for the Supreme Court what rights people who had been enslaved were entitled to