The Fourteenth Amendment was enacted 1868. It defined US citizens as anyone" born or naturalized in the United States." It also required states to grant all citizens equal protection" under the law. Why was the Fourteenth Amendment needed?

it was for the slaves because they had no right back in the day and they where born here so they gave them a chance to get rights

Explanation: this is what I think so if I’m wrong I’m sorry

United States that granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the American Civil War, including them under the umbrella phrase “all persons born or naturalized in the United States.” In all, the amendment comprises five sections, four of which began in 1866 as separate proposals that stalled in legislative process and were later amalgamated, along with a fifth enforcement section, into a single amendment.

Explanation:

The Fourth Amendment protects American citizens from a search and/or seizure conducted without reasonable doubt. The Fourth Amendment also extends further protection by requiring that warrants be issued and sanctioned by law in order to conduct a search and seizure. Furthermore, a warrant will only be issued if the probable cause can be proven.

president thomas jefferson commissioned the expedition shortly after the louisiana purchase in 1803 to explore and to map the newly acquired territory, to find a practical route across the western half of the continent, and to establish an american presence in this territory before britain and other european powers

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