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 soli principle that arises from this amendment was affirmed in United States v. Wong Kim Ark. This amendment’s (*) Citizenship Clause was created (10[1])to supersede the (10[1])Dred Scott ruling. The Equal Protection Clause of this amendment provided the basis for the “separate but equal” doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson. For 10 points, name this amendment that gave citizenship to freed slaves, (10[1])the second Reconstruction amendment. ■END■ (10[2])

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