The first provision of the Bill of Rights to be incorporated into the Fourteenth Amendment as a limitation on state power was the

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The correct answer is the Fifth Amendment's prohibition on states from taking private property for a public use without just compensation. This provision was incorporated in the 1896 Supreme Court case, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co. v. City of Chicago, which held that the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause.

The First Provision of the Bill of Rights to Be