Why did americans feel strongly about western expansion and manifest destiny?
a.
they believed that americans had the right and duty to spread their culture westward across the continent.
b.
they believed that manifest destiny gave them the right to expand the united states and eventually conquer mexico.
c.
they believed that selling california was one way settlers could finance newer settlements in oregon country and build better trails from east to west.
d.
they believed that native americans and mexicans would eventually support this expansion.

facts: the 14th amendment

the 14th amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws.

the 14th amendment was intended to protect the rights of former slaves after the american civil war.

the 14th amendment was approved by congress in june of 1866 and ratified by the states on july 9, 1868.

the 14th amendment establishes that all persons born in the united states are citizens and are guaranteed all the rights of citizenship.

the 14th amendment establishes that the law protects all citizens equally.

in this case the passage of the 14th amendment   that was violated was the last part in which it states that there is equal protection of the law.

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