Question

The passage below is an excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment:

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.

The ratification of this amendment gave Congress the power to pass which kinds of laws?

laws protecting civil rights

laws expanding voting rights

laws providing social services

laws requiring citizenship tests

Answer 1

Perhaps you can find your answer here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution