What did the 14th Amendment do?

• A. Expanded citizenship rights to freed Black Americans.
• B. Gave women the right to vote.
• C. Abolished slavery in all states.
• D. Created the Electoral College.

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is how the 14th Amendment defines who counts as a citizen and protects their rights. It states that all people born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the U.S. and of the state where they live. This specifically included freed Black Americans, who had been enslaved, and it set up protections that the government must treat everyone fairly, through due process and equal protection under the law. So, it expanded citizenship rights to freed Black Americans and established strong guarantees that state governments couldn’t strip those rights away without due process.

This amendment didn’t grant women the right to vote (that came later with the 19th Amendment), it didn’t abolish slavery (that was the 13th Amendment), and it didn’t create the Electoral College (that’s part of the original constitutional framework).