What was the first accomplishment of the Fourteenth Amendment?
A) It formally ended slavery in the United States.
B) It guaranteed the right to vote regardless of race.
C) It overruled the Dred Scott case defining citizenship.
D) It required former Confederates to petition for a pardon.

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The Fourteenth Amendment overruled the Dred Scott case by providing a constitutional definition of citizenship, which declared that anyone born or naturalized in the United States was a citizen. This overturned the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case, which held that African Americans could not be citizens. However, the Fourteenth Amendment did not formally end slavery (that was done through the Thirteenth Amendment) or guarantee the right to vote regardless of race (that was done through the Fifteenth Amendment). It also did not require former Confederates to petition for a pardon.

What Was the First Accomplishment of the Fourteenth Amendment