All persons bort or naturalized in the United States ...are citizens of the United
States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any
law which shall abridge the privileges or immunkies of citizens of the United
States, nor shal any State deprive ary person of ue, liberty, or property, without
due process of low, nor deny to any person within its juriscictor the equal
protection of the laws.
-Fourteenth Amendment to the U. S. Construton
1. The main purpose of this statement was to extend
constitutional protections to -
Women
C. Naturalized citizens
B. African Americans
D. American Indians