How did the Supreme Court interpret the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment from the 1950s through the 2010s?A.To limit the rights of minorities and women and to expand the rights of the majorityB.To expand the rights of minorities and women but also to limit programs that did not provide equal protection for the majorityC.To expand the rights of minorities and women and to rule that the clause was not related to the rights of the majorityD.To apply to the state governments but not to the federal government

Why was the inclusion of the equal protection clause in the Fourteenth Amendment so important for civil rights during Reconstruction?A.African Americans were engaged in a socially disruptive civil rights movement.B.Former Confederate soldiers' rights were strictly limited after the Civil War.C.Southern states were extremely resistant to the idea of racial equality.D.The Bill of Rights did not apply to the federal government without that clause.

How did the Supreme Court contribute to the extension of equal rights to marginalized groups in the 21st century?A.By removing limitations on affirmative action programs at universitiesB.By protecting same-sex marriages under the equal protection clauseC.By granting noncitizens living in the United States equal protection under the lawD.By guaranteeing women and men equal pay for equal work

Which legal principle did the Supreme Court use to extend the Bill of Rights guarantees to state laws and to broaden civil rights protections for minorities?Responsesthe "two-thirds clause" of the 12th Amendmentthe "two-thirds clause" of the 12th Amendmentthe "punishment clause" of the 13th amendmentthe "punishment clause" of the 13th amendmentthe "due process clause" of the 14th amendmentthe "due process clause" of the 14th amendmentthe "apportionment clause" of the 16th amendment

What was the purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment?*to reaffirm the rights stated in the original Bill of Rightsto specifically define who would be guaranteed equal treatment under the Constitutionto guarantee all black men would have the right to voteto forge a compromise between the moderate and conservative positions on race

The NAACP’s legal defense strategy from the 1930s to the 1950s convinced the US Supreme Court to apply the _____________________ equal protection clause to race relations in the American South.Group of answer choicesDeclaration of Independence’sFourteenth Amendment’sCivil Rights Act’sFirst Amendment’s