What did the 14th Amendment do? a. Itabolsihed slavery. b. It gave African Americans citiizenship and guaranteed them equal protection under the law. c. It ensured freedom of speech regardless of race. d. It guaranteed that states could never again secede from the Union.

Washington said that the united states would be "friendly and impartial" in regard to foreign conflict. what was his reason behind this statement? a jefferson and washington had determined the u.s. was too weak to wage war. b the u.s. had a treaty with both england and france, and was thus required to remain neutral. c france asked for the united states to stay out of the war, due to trade relationships. d a special envoy from england asked for strict neutrality on behalf of the united states.