Expectations → Your response to each essay should have a clear thesis.Your thesis should be supported with specific evidence from the historical contexts and cases discussed in class, and/or distributed Supreme Court opinions.Your responses will be graded on the quality and development of your thesis and evidence.
- In what ways, and to what extent, did the Reconstruction era (1865 – 1883) have an impact on the 14th Amendment?
- What factors contributed MOST to the evolution of the 14th Amendment from the Slaughterhouse Cases to Obergefell v. Hodges?
- Should the 14th Amendment be considered a second American Constitution?
- To what extent did the 14th Amendment bring about a revolution in citizenship in America?
- Did the 14th Amendment make the federal government the “primary
authority over the states and rights of individuals?”
INSTRUCTIONS
write 3 paragraphs per question with a thesis and supporting evidence. That is about 500 words per question that is 1 page per question so total a (5 pages is to be expected). Please cite from excerpts or powerpoints or online material. I prefer you use some of the excerpts. Thank you.
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