The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, guarantees all citizens that “no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law.” The clear intent of this amendment was to _________.
a. give women the right to vote
b. provide freedmen with all of the rights of citizenship
c. provide a constitutional amendment to reinforce the Dred Scott Decision
d. prevent the use of imminent domain to obtain land for public highways