The passage below is from the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges … of citizens … nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law . . .

What was the primary purpose of these provisions?


to provide the right to vote to women


to limit the ability of state governments to restrict individual rights


to establish federal reservations for American Indians


to protect the rights of African Americans moving to the North