Civics-Citizenship-02-ID

By WScott | March 21, 2021

The 14th Amendment was passed by Congress in 1866 after the Civil War and during the period of Reconstruction. By extending citizenship to those born in the U.S., the amendment nullified an 1857 Supreme Court decision (Dred Scott v. Sandford), which had held that those descended from _____________ could not be citizens.

  • Britain
  • slaves
  • foreigners
  • debtors