The Fourteenth Amendment

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The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, adopted in 1868, includes several important provisions, but most notably it requires states to provide equal protection under the law to all persons within their jurisdictions. This principle is enshrined in the Equal Protection Clause, making option D correct. It does not guarantee the Confederate war debt will be paid, grant states the right to determine citizenship, or directly give black males the right to vote (which was addressed in the Fifteenth Amendment).