Which statement about the California Gold Rush is TRUE? a)California's crime rate decreased
b)The increase in California's population led to its admission to the Union as a free state
c) Forty-niners traveled to California in the hopes preserving the Native American culture
d) It caused a decrease in immigration to the United States

Asappp which of the following is not a requirement for an adult to become a u.s. citizen? have been born on u.s. soil pass a u.s. history and government test be a legal, permanent u.s. resident swear loyalty to the united states

Amendment was the first government definition of a citizen. answer = fourteenth amendment

Which best explains why the supreme court’s decision in plessy v. ferguson was unconstitutional? the supreme court’s ruling allowed states to deny equal protection to any person within its jurisdiction. since the 14th amendment did not make concessions for people born outside the us, the supreme court’s decision could not be applied. the supreme court’s decision gave individual states the freedom to make their own laws in relation to non-whites. since segregation laws did not provide equal protections or liberties to non-whites, the ruling was not consistent with the 14th amendment.