What did the Fourteenth Amendment establish regarding citizenship?
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Correct answer: All persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens
The Fourteenth Amendment established birthright citizenship for people born or naturalized in the United States. This overturned the idea that African Americans could not be citizens.
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