All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor to deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

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Paragraph 1 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution enables "birthright citizenship." Of course, citizenship can be achieved by other means, as Congress may decide. You don't have to be born here to be a citizen. But if you are born here, you are a citizen.

Which of the following would be true if the 14th Amendment had not been ratified and the US did NOT have birthright citizenship?

Group of answer choices

1) Congress could decide that only people who passed a citizenship test could be citizens.

2) Congress could decide that only people whose parents were citizens could be citizens.

3) Each state could decide who would be a citizen.

4) All of the above are true.

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