The Fourteenth Amendment did all of the following except a. ...

[Lobcity]

The Fourteenth Amendment did all of the following except
 
  a. define blacks as American citizens.
  b. grant equal protection of the laws.
  c. guarantee the Confederate debt.
  d. disqualify a significant number of ex-Confederates from holding federal or state office.
  e. grant due process under the law.

Question 2

The dramatic rise in political corruption in the post-Civil War era was triggered by
 
  a. the expansion of government contracts and bureaucracy that created new opportunities for abuse.
  b. relaxed standards and rules after years of wartime hardship.
 c. rapid postwar economic growth.
 d. the emergence of get-rich-quick schemes.
 e. all of these choices.

[allisonblackmore]

Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

e

[Lobcity]

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