Which option best completes the diagram?
?
the supreme
court interprets
due process to
mean that
bm of rights
protections apply
to the states.
most protections
in the bill of
rights are
incorporated on
a case-by-case
basis.
o
a. the fourteenth amendment is passed without a due process
clause.
o
b. the fourteenth amendment requires state governments to
guarantee due process.
o
c. congress passes a law requiring the government to provide
substantial due process.
o
d. the fifth amendment requires the federal government to
guarantee due process.
()

The correct answer is B) The Fourteenth Amendment requires state governments to guarantee due process.

The option that best completes the diagram is "the Fourteenth Amendment requires state governments to guarantee due process."

The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution represented an important step regarding equality between people in America. This amendment granted citizenship to former African American slaves. The amendment also gave black people equal civil rights that protected African Americans as part of the Reconstruction process of the US after the bloody Civil War.

the american rail road was the most influential and useful transportation system developed in the 1800's with steam locomotives and in the very late 1800's and early 1900's diesel electric locomotives being used to transport goods and people around the newly expanded united states!

here are some events that to cause increased conflict between the north and south

1) mexican cession- gaining modern day california, utah, arizona, and new mexico from mexico. caused southern and northern politicians to fight over whether or not there would be slavery in these newly acquired territories.

2) uncle tom's cabin- this famous book described the cruelty of slavery in the south during the antebellum period, causing more northerners to support abolition and southerners to resent the book as they felt it unfairly depicted southern society.

3) kansas- nebraska act- disagreements over whether or not kansas and nebraska would be free or slave states caused issues between northern and southern politicians in congress.

4) bleeding kansas- this fighting took place in kansas after congress allowed this territory to vote on whether or not they would have slavery. citizens were killed and buildings were destroyed during this fighting.