Weegy: The Fourteenth Amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War.
User: What function does the Fourteenth Amendment serve?
A. It lists the specific rights of those tried twice for the same crime.
B. It adds new measures to the checks and balances system.
C. It provides guidelines for Congress to make international laws.
D. It denies the states power to take away rights guaranteed in the Constitution.
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