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Students explore Latinos and the Fourteenth Amendment. In this government and law lesson, students analyze the ruling in Hernandez v. Texas. Students predict how the United States would be different if the court had made an alternated decision. Students write an essay.

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the fourteenth amendment, constitutional amendments, jim crow laws, reconstruction

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fourteenth amendment, hernandez v. texas, jim crow, latinos, programs
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11th - 12th
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