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Answer: In its later sections, the 14th Amendment authorized the federal government to punish states that violated or abridged their citizens' right to vote by proportionally reducing the states' representation in Congress, and mandated that anyone who “engaged in insurrection” against the United States could not hold civil,

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Let us understand what was the amendment about

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granted citizenship to everyone, including former enslaved people and gave equal protection to all the citizens. This made “everyone” equal under constitution.

Why is the 14th Amendment the most important?

It is an important amendment as it gave citizenship rights for the first time and equal protection to slaves. This was an important amendment as it helped the society to bring in major changes and brought it in a present state, laying a foundation to understand the ideals we have today.

What impact did the 14th Amendment have on American society?

  • It established birthright citizenship
  • 'equal protection' of the law for everyone,
  • Put the federal government in the business of policing liberty.
  • It removed race and ethnicity
  • It strengthened the federal government's power over the States
  • It provided the legal framework for the civil rights
  • It protected minority groups by assuring the coloured race to enjoy the civil rights and gave the protection to them

What values are reflected in the 14th Amendment?

This amendment originally intended the courts to protect 3 fundamental values :-

  • Racial equality
  • Individual rights
  • Economic liberty

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