Which of the following statements is true of the Fourteenth Amendment?
A) It abolished the principle of "birthright citizenship"-citizenship for all persons born in the United States.
B) It allowed states to deprive any person the right to life, liberty, or property without due process of law.
C) It prohibited all states from denying equal protection of the laws to any person.
D) It prevented the federal government from intervening in the states to protect the civil rights of Americans.
E) It guaranteed African-American men the right to vote.
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