The Fourteenth Amendment
A) ended slavery throughout the United States.
B) gave voting rights to all male Americans.
C) gave citizenship rights to all people born in the United States.
D) was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
E) was written in such a way as to appease the woman's suffrage movement.

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The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship rights to everyone born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves. This amendment overturned the Dred Scott decision and ensured that all people born in the United States are citizens, regardless of race or ethnicity.

Note: A, B, D, and E are incorrect. A is referring to the Thirteenth Amendment, B is incorrect as only male citizens were granted voting rights by the Fifteenth Amendment, D is incorrect as the Fourteenth Amendment has never been ruled unconstitutional, and E is incorrect as the Fourteenth Amendment did not address the issue of women's suffrage.