Analyze why the addition of the Fourteenth Amendment was necessary.

Question

A. to give the states power power so the federal government could not limit the states' authority
B. to limit the powers held by the states, prevent unjust treatment, and ensure equal rights for all citizens
C. to clarify for the Supreme Court what rights people had been enslaved were entitled to
D. to further explain the rights granted in the Thirteenth Amendment, which guaranteed freedom to people who had been enslaved.

Answer 1

B. to limit the powers held by the states, prevent unjust treatment, and ensure equal rights for all citizens