14th amendment: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are

citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." 14th amendment section 1

History Started as a debate over integrating CSA back into US Anti-Slave =protection Passed 1866 ratified 1868 Compromise rads/moderates Everyone born in US = cit No abridging cits privileges or immunities No deprive life liberty property w/o "due process of law" No unfair/unjust punishment Http://lawhighereducation.com/63-fourteenth-amendment.html

Topic sentence: Historical perspective: Who: affected mostly blacks/ ex-slaves

What: All people born in the USA are citizens and state citizens; states may not remove privileges or immunities of citizens; states can't kill people, arrest/enslave them, or take their stuff without a trial, etc.; can't deny people within jurisdiction equal protection of laws When: Passed in 1866, ratified in 1868 Where: Affected South How: Made all slaves and confederate leaders citizens, esp. the slaves bit. Also women. Why: Helped to break down the South's economy. Etc.:

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