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Product Identifiers

PublisherEnslow Publishing, LLC

ISBN-100766019047

ISBN-139780766019041

eBay Product ID (ePID)102940360

Product Key Features

Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameFourteenth Amendment : Equal Protection under the Law

Publication Year2002

SubjectSocial Science / Politics & Government, Civil Rights, Constitutions, People & Places / United States / African American, General

TypeStudy Guide

Subject AreaLaw, Political Science, Juvenile Nonfiction

AuthorDavid L. Hudson Jr., David L. Hudson

SeriesThe Constitution Ser.

FormatLibrary Binding

Dimensions

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceElementary/High School

LCCN2001-004121

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingThe

ReviewsConstitution series. Published fall 2002. Encyclopedia-quality prose explains why the Fourteenth Amendment was deemed necessary, describes its conception and ratification, and outlines each of the amendment's five sections. Stock, grainy black-and-white photos and reproductions illustrate the text, which cites prominent court cases involving Fourteenth Amendment issues of due process and equal protection. Reading list, websites. Ind., The Horn Book Guide, All citizens are entitled to equal treatment under the law. A simple statement like "justice is blind," that many of us take for granted. But the truth is that many citizens have not been treated equally under the law throughout the history of our nation. The Fourteenth Amendment, which guarantees all citizens equal protection under the law and due process of law, amended the United States Constitution after the Civil War. It protects citizens against state and local laws that seek to deny them of rights guaranteed by the Constitution. Laws that have drawn distinctions based on race and gender have been struck down under the Fourteenth Amendment. For example, laws segregating the races for education were struck down as unconstitutional in the 1954 case of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. The text conveys much valuable information in 10 well-written chapters. This is not a casual book; it is written for serious students of American history. It does an excellent job of the highlighting the facts and law of many seminal Fourteenth Amendment cases. The author provides context for the making of the Fourteenth Amendment; why it was necessary, why it was controversial, and how it has been used to defend individual rights over the years. The author discusses social, political, and historical themes in a seamless fashion. Instead of a dry, technical approach to the subject matter, the author keeps readers interested in the social progress this country has made since the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified. A copy of the Constitution is found at the back of the book, which is a title in the publisher's series entitled "The Constitution.", Children's Literature

Grade FromSixth Grade

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Grade ToSeventh Grade

Dewey Decimal342.73/085

SynopsisThe Fourteenth Amendment is the vehicle by which citizens receive the protections in the Bill of Rights from abuses by state and local officials. The road down which we traveled in our constitutional history to reach this point was lengthy and complex. However, throughout the twentieth century, slowly but surely the protections of most of the Bill of Rights were included, or "incorporated," into the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause.

LC Classification NumberKF4757.H83 2002