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Read this excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment. Then answer the question that follows.
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.
"Which two conclusions can you draw from the excerpt?
The amendment guaranteed full citizenship to anyone born in the United States.
The amendment provided voting rights to anyone born in the United States.
The amendment banned states from passing laws that discriminated against any race.
The amendment provided voting rights to the recently freed Black people in the South.



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From the excerpt of the Fourteenth Amendment, we can draw the following two conclusions:

1. The amendment guaranteed full citizenship to anyone born in the United States.
2. The amendment banned states from passing laws that discriminated against any race.

Let's break it down:
- The excerpt states that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the United States and of the state where they reside. This means that anyone born in the U.S. automatically became a citizen, guaranteeing full citizenship rights.
- Additionally, the amendment prohibits states from making or enforcing laws that would abridge the privileges or immunities of U.S. citizens, ensuring equal protection under the law. This provision aimed to prevent discrimination based on race, thereby banning states from passing discriminatory laws.

Therefore, the two conclusions we can draw from the excerpt are that the amendment guaranteed citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. and prohibited states from passing discriminatory laws based on race.

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