Why was the inclusion of the equal protection clause in the Fourteenth
Amendment so important for civil rights during Reconstruction?
OA. Former Confederate soldiers' rights were strictly limited after the
Civil War.
B. The Bill of Rights did not apply to the federal government without
that clause.
OC. Southern states were extremely resistant to the idea of racial
equality.
D. African Americans were engaged in a socially disruptive civil rights
movement.
