The Fourteenth Amendment is a broadly worded and widely utilized law. Its original intent, however, was to
a. protect freed slaves from discriminatory state laws.
b. ensure that the needs of the state governments were protected.
c. protect President Lincoln from impeachment during a time of war.
d. give citizens powerful rights against the government.
e. protect the government from overly aggressive citizens.
ANS: A
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