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Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. All persons born or naturalized in the United States . . . are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. The citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is important because it



limited the number of people who can become citizens.

gave everyone free passports if they became citizens.

was the first time the Constitution defined what a citizen is.

restricted freed enslaved people from becoming citizen

Verified Answer :

The answer is "The first time the Constitution defined what a citizen
is". This is very important because not only is the first time the
Constitution set down any hard and fast rules about who were "official"
citizens of the United States, but also ties in the rights that citizens
have which can not be infringed on. Being passed shortly after the end
of the Civil War, it was rather hotly contested, especially since, among
other things, former slaves would now officially be granted
citizenship.

Answer on E2020 is C.