Round 7: Tossup 4

The Slaughterhouse Cases centered on this amendment’s Privileges and Immunities Clause. This amendment is the primary text used in opinions that incorporate constitutional rights to the states. The jus (15[1])soli principle that arises from this amendment was affirmed in United States v. Wong Kim Ark. This amendment’s (*) Citizenship (10[1])Clause was created (10[2])to supersede (10[1])the Dred Scott ruling. (10[4])The Equal Protection Clause (10[1]-5[1])of this amendment (10[2])provided the basis (-5[1])for the “separate but equal” doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson. For 10 points, name this amendment (10[1])that gave citizenship to freed slaves, the second Reconstruction amendment. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

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