The ________ Amendment to the Constitution broadly defined American citizenship and "reduced the power of all the states."
A) Thirteenth
B) Fourteenth
C) Fifteenth
D) Sixteenth

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The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, broadly defined American citizenship and significantly reduced the power of the states by providing a broad definition of citizenship that included all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and by prohibiting states from denying any person "life, liberty, or property, without due process of law" or denying any person "the equal protection of the laws."

The ________ Amendment to the Constitution Broadly Defined American Citizenship