14th Amendment Dbq

On July 28, 1868 an amendment that guaranteed equality for everyone was ratified. The fourteenth Amendment supplied everyone who was born in the U.S. or a naturalized citizen that they would have equal freedoms along with everyone else. It also stated that a state can not take these rights away from anyone, and because of this I believed that the fourteenth Amendment has transformed american democracy.
The reason behind the civil war was that the north and the south disagreed with each other, mainly on slavery. That conflict was what struck the main idea for the fourteenth Amendment. In the mid 1800’s everyone was not equal, African Americans were considered less than white people. The fourteenth Amendment provided equal protection for all
people in the United States whether they were born citizens or naturalized. This also means that everyone has to receive a fair trial in the court of law. A state can not put anyone in jail, take away their property, or take away their freedoms without due process of law. These reasons are some of the many that helped transform American Democracy.
The fourteenth Amendment provided equal protection for all and supplied everyone with equal protection in the court systems. This amendment transformed America by making everyone equal no matter what they looked like or where they were from. This is why I believe that the fourteenth Amendment is one of the most important Amendments because It transformed America.