Amend14C4

=14C4= =Fourteenth Amendment=

Each and every United States citizen has the rights and privileges to life, liberty and property. No start can abridge that from them.
 * __In 7th grade language:__**


 * __10 questions relating to your amendment:__**

__1) Are slaves born in the United States examples of citizens who deserve these rights and privileges? (ADB)__
 * The 14th amendment was ratified in 1868 to protect the rights of native-born Black Americans whose rights were being denied as recently freed slaves. (14thamendment.us)**

__2) Did any states not follow amendment 14? (ADB)__
 * No states disobeyed this amendment but yet many citizens did not like this amendment. Citizens petitioned and initiated court cases. (our government.gov)**

__3) What made amendment 14 come to mind? (ADB)__
 * The amendment was passed for the rights of recently freed slaves specifically in mind. (14thamendment.us)**

__4) Can people be arrested and or jailed if taking away the natural rights of citizens in the amendment? (ADB)__
 * No, but you can pay a serious fine.**

__5) How is this amendment in use today? (ADB)__
 * Protecting the rights of US black citizens (14thamendment.us)**

__6) Why is the 14th amendment important? (ND)__
 * Each citizen born in the United States has three major provisions in the 14th amendment.**
 * The Citizens Clause: ** **granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.**
 * The Due process Clause: **** declared that states may not deny any person "life liberty and property" without due process of law. **
 * The Equal Protection Clause: Said that a state may not deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. (nolo.com) **

__7) When did the 14th amendment come into effect? (ND)__
 * 1868 (l****oc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/14thamendment)**

__ 8) Who is the founder/creator for this amendment? (ADB) __
 * John Bingham of Ohio. (newyorktimes.com)**

__9) Where was the 14th amendment written? (ND)__
 * In Ohio. (newyorktimes.com)**

__10) Had the 14th amendment change America? (ND)__
 * The amendment was designed to guarantee the rights of recently freed slaves. this left an impact on the United Staes because now the law states that everyone has equality. Everyone has the same rights and now the same amount of rights. (****pbs.org)**