Base your answer to question 16 on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.
all persons born or naturalized in the united states, and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, 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 immunities of citizens of the
united states; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due
process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
— 14th amendment, section 1, united states constitution
16 this amendment was adopted in 1868 primarily to
(1) protect the rights of formerly enslaved persons
(2) make it easier for immigrants to become citizens
(3) extend suffrage to settlers on the great plains
(4) require the federal government to pay the costs of reconstruction