Question

17. Which (more than one) of the following are considered ways that the 14th Amendment didn't meet its goals for shaping American culture? (3 points)

Voting Rights were still taken away based on race through Jim Crow Laws' openly skirting the 14th's ruling

The 14th Amendment was unable to guarantee the prevention of soldiers being quartered in citizens homes after the Civil War

Many rights were still denied by states based on gender, like the right to open a bank account

Segregation became the legal de facto way of life in the south despite the promise of equal protection of the laws

Answer 1

Correct answers — the first, third, and fourth options.

- Voting rights were still taken away based on race through Jim Crow laws openly skirting the 14th Amendment’s protections.
- Many rights were still denied by states based on gender (e.g., financial and property restrictions on women) despite the Amendment.
- Segregation (and later “separate but equal” doctrine) became the legal/de facto reality in the South despite the promise of equal protection.

The quartering-of-soldiers issue relates to the Third Amendment, not a central failure of the 14th.