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The Fourteenth Amendment: Citizenship, Due Process, and Equal Protection
Deconstruct the Citizenship Clause, Privileges or Immunities Clause, Due Process Clause, and Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Constitutional Amendments and the Expansion of Rights
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Analyze how constitutional amendments have restructured power, protected civil liberties, expanded suffrage, and transformed American national order.
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HS.1Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesAnalyze the impact of constitutional amendments on groups, individuals, institutions, national order.
HS.9Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesExamine and evaluate documents related to the Constitution and Supreme Court decisions (such as Declaration of Independence, Federalist Papers, Anti-Federalist Papers, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Constitutional amendments).
HS.11Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesExamine the pluralistic realities of society recognizing issues of equity and evaluating the need for change.