Question

Assess which of the following amendments has had the greatest impact on increasing civil rights. (1 point)
Responses

Twelfth
Twelfth

Fourteenth
Fourteenth

Twenty-Seventh
Twenty-Seventh

Twenty-First

Answer 1

The amendment that has had the greatest impact on increasing civil rights is the **Fourteenth Amendment**. Ratified in 1868, it guarantees citizenship rights and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, significantly influencing civil rights legislation and court rulings throughout American history. The Twelfth, Twenty-Seventh, and Twenty-First Amendments do not focus on civil rights to the same extent as the Fourteenth.