What is significant about the Fourteenth Amendment?
(1 point)
• It stated that African Americans were free to run for political office
"granted Arican Americans in the United States clizenship and therefore voting It outlawed slavery in the United States resulting in the freedom of thousands of
slaves
• It guaranteed freedom of speech for all citizens including African Americans
• 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 guaranteed equal protection under the law for all citizens, regardless of race or ethnicity
• It prohibited states from denying any person the equal protection of the laws or depriving them of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
• It provided the legal basis for the civil rights movement and subsequent landmark Supreme Court decisions such as Brown v. Board of Education