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14th Amendment

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

THE 14TH AMENDMENT

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WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

  • Equal rights and responsibilities
  • Prevents seat savers
  • People are treated equally
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WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THIS TIME?

  • Ratified July 28 1968
  • Martin Luther King Jr
  • Robert F Kennedy
  • Korean war
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WHY WAS IT WRITTEN?

  • Granted citizenship
  • Made sure that equality was made a priority
  • Granted former slaves citizenship
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HOW DOES IT PROTECT THE PEOPLE?

  • Equal protection laws
  • Fair voting
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WHY SHOULD IT GET YOUR VOTE?

  • Eliminates superiority
  • Protects the rights of a citizen
  • Citizen if naturally born
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