The Fourteenth Amendment addresses many aspects of citizenship and the rights of citizens. The 14th Amendment provides, in part, that no state can "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.Reserves citizens the suffrage rights regardless of their race, color, or previous slave status. Amendments Ratified in the 1900's. One of the purposes of the Fourteenth Amendment was to provide federal protection of individual rights against the states. The amendment's first section includes the Citizenship Clause, Privileges or Immunities Clause, Due Process Clause, and Equal Protection Clause. It's all screwy here. In this session, students explore the 14th Amendment and the battles for equality in America. Ratified in 1868, the 14th Amendment granted citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States. None. The US Constitution protects rights, it does not give them.