What is significant about the Fourteenth Amendment? (1 point) Responses It stated that African Americans were free to run for political office It stated that African Americans were free to run for political office It granted African Americans in the United States citizenship and therefore voting rights It granted African Americans in the United States citizenship and therefore voting rights It outlawed slavery in the United States resulting in the freedom of thousands of slaves It outlawed slavery in the United States resulting in the freedom of thousands o
f slaves It guaranteed equal protection under the law for all citizens, regardless of race, and prohibited states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws
